31.   Since then government troops have carried out a series of offensives and driven the rebels from most major towns into the northern jungles.

32.   The army vehemently denied allegations troops had carried out a massacre.

33.   The army vehemently denied that Israeli troops had carried out a massacre.

34.   The army said troops were carrying out searches and arrests in order to prevent militants from leaving the city, and would remain until they had completed their mission.

35.   The army said troops were carrying out searches and arrests of suspected militants.

36.   The crowd watched as troops carried chairs, tables, mattresses and refrigerators out of the white stone building and loaded them onto a truck.

37.   The Palestinians alleged troops carried out a massacre of civilians, while Israel said nearly all of those killed were armed men.

38.   The Palestinians have alleged troops carried out a massacre, a charge they have not been able to substantiate so far and that has been vehemently denied by Israel.

39.   The Palestinians allege Israeli troops carried out a massacre during eight days of fierce fighting in the Jenin camp earlier this month.

40.   The Palestinians alleged troops carried out a massacre of civilians, while Israel said nearly all of those killed were gunmen engaged in house-to-house combat.