21.   He said Palestinian police were supposed to protect the convoy of tankers which was ambushed last Monday by opponents of the peace process.

22.   The soldiers protecting the convoy shot two of the attackers and seized two machine guns.

23.   Uri Lubrani, coordinator of Israeli activities in Lebanon, said that the suicide bombing failed to kill Israeli soldiers becauses of strict security regulations to protect military convoys.

24.   Zaire also blames the UNHCR in part for the scrapping of plans to send an international force to the east to protect aid convoys.

25.   Massive security precautions are being taken by the German authorities to protect the convoy from demonstrators.

26.   Meanwhile Shaker also criticised Israeli military jeeps protecting convoys of cars crossing the main route through Jericho for not being accompanied by jeeps driven by Palestinian police.

27.   Several hundred police officers were deployed to protect the convoy.

28.   Schopper said MSF still thought a force could protect aid convoys, provide logistical help and assist in disarming extremists or demining roads.

29.   Several hundred police officers had been deployed to protect the convoy, and only one further, peaceful protest was reported later in the day.

30.   The commission also stressed the urgent need to protect refugee convoys from lynching, reprisals and other types of violence.