51.   There has been heightened fear in Israel following a wave of Islamic suicide bombings, including a double attack on the Gaza Strip on Sunday which killed eight people.

52.   The US-sponsored Israel-Syrian peace talks were suspended in February by Peres after a deadly wave of Islamic suicide bombings in the Jewish state.

53.   Their numbers have swelled since Israel banned Palestinians from entering the country in February at the start of a wave of Islamic suicide bombings.

54.   Israeli-Syrian peace talks have been frozen since February, when they were suspended following a spate of Islamic militant suicide attacks in the Jewish state.

55.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres acknowledged Monday there was no way to stop Islamic suicide attacks such as the double bombing which killed eight people in Gaza Sunday.

56.   Israeli officials have said the Hezbollah escalation was in part a response to the anti-terrorism summit organized in Egypt following the wave of Islamic suicide bombings in Israel.

57.   Israeli traders have been hard hit by the wave of Islamic suicide bombings, with shops and streets deserted Wednesday even though it was a traditional day of carnival.

58.   It would be the first time since a wave of Islamic suicide bombings began two years ago that a woman was involved.

59.   Negotiations between Syria and Israel have been frozen since February, at the start of a wave of deadly Islamic suicide bombings in the Jewish state.

60.   Peace negotiations between Syria and Israel have been frozen since February, at the start of a wave of deadly Islamic suicide bombings in the Jewish state.