21. At one point, settler and Palestinian youths exchanged stones despite an Israeli tank positioned between them. 22. Barak should reciprocate by withdrawing Israeli tanks from Palestinian population centers. 23. Before dawn, Israeli tanks shelled a Palestinian checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah and pushed into a Palestinian area in southern Gaza. 24. Battles between Israeli tanks and Palestinian sharpshooters were raging around Jerusalem, yet his friend was afraid to visit sleepy Amman? 25. Before dawn on Thursday, Israeli tanks shelled a Palestinian checkpoint in Ramallah, on the West Bank, and pushed into a Palestinian area in southern Gaza. 26. Beyond the last row of apartment blocks where Riesenberg lives, an Israeli tank was parked on a hill, its long barrel sloping down toward nearby Arab towns. 27. A bodyguard to Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of the Islamic militant movement Hamas, was killed by Israeli tank fire. 28. A few blocks away, two Israeli tanks stood outside the Intercontinental Hotel, another new Israeli base. 29. A bomb planted by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip exploded under an Israeli tank escorting Jewish settlers, killing three soldiers. 30. A few Palestinians interviewed Thursday said it was possible that other Palestinians planted the explosive in hopes of destroying an Israeli tank. |