21.   Also, a Palestinian policeman was killed in a clash near the isolated Jewish settlement of Netzarim, south of Gaza City.

22.   At daybreak, Palestinians fired four mortar rounds at the isolated Israeli settlement of Netzarim, south of Gaza City, said settler Shlomo Kustiner.

23.   At the isolated Gaza settlement of Netzarim, the army sent a helicopter to retrieve Israelis who had been visiting for the Jewish New Year holiday.

24.   But continuing attacks by Palestinian militants against Israelis have deepened concerns that some isolated settlements in Arab-populated areas may be too difficult to defend.

25.   Even before the latest attacks, dovish Cabinet members provoked sharp debate by calling for dismantling isolated settlements.

26.   Four Israeli officers have died in attacks near Netzarim, an isolated Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

27.   For the Palestinians, the army post here and the isolated Jewish settlement of Netzarim that it protects are front lines in their battle for statehood.

28.   Gil Cohen, a landscape architect living in this hilltop settlement, said people here are aware of the plan to evacuate isolated settlements.

29.   However, isolated Israeli settlements would presumably have to be abandoned.

30.   In a new school in the isolated Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom, Jewish students stood as the sirens wailed.