21.   Israel held Syria responsible Saturday for a deadly rocket barrage from south Lebanon, and promised to strike back at the guerrillas for the attack.

22.   Israel held Syria responsible Saturday for a deadly rocket barrage from south Lebanon, and promised to strike back at the guerrillas who launched the attack.

23.   Israel responded with artillery fire and an air raid on suspected strongholds of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed guerrilla group that claimed responsibility for the rocket barrage.

24.   Israeli leaders urged a calculated response to the rocket barrage.

25.   It is likely to ask Grachev for a Russian diplomatic intervention so as to stop the rocket barrages and put the stalled peace talks with Syria back on track.

26.   Israel held Syria responsible Saturday for a deadly rocket barrage from south Lebanon, and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sent a complaint to Damascus via Washington.

27.   Lebanon complained to the commission monitoring the truce about the shelling of Sidon, and Israel lodged its own protest over the rocket barrages.

28.   Nine rockets slammed into the Afghan capital on Friday, the second straight day of rocket barrages on the beleaguered city.

29.   On the battle front, Israel slowed down its offensive and rocket barrages by Hezbollah on the Jewish state were markedly reduced.

30.   On the battlefront, Israel slowed down its offensive and rocket barrages by Hezbollah on the Jewish state were markedly reduced.