51.   Israel has regularly accused Tehran of supporting Islamic militant violence against the Jewish state both by Palestinian radicals and Iranian-backed Shiite Moslem guerrillas in Lebanon.

52.   Israel has tightened its military closure of the territories in the run-up to the elections, fearing that Palestinian radicals are planning attacks to disrupt the polls.

53.   Jewish settlers in Hebron are fiercely opposed to the re-opening of the street, as they believe it will make them more vulnerable to attacks by Palestinian radicals.

54.   Jewish settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories said the buffer zone proposal would do nothing to foil attacks by Palestinian radicals.

55.   Palestinian radicals using a Gaza City apartment as a bomb factory touched off a thunderous explosion that killed six people on Sunday, Palestinian police said.

56.   Police said they suspected Palestinian radicals of carrying out the attack but could not rule out the possibility that the killings were linked to a criminal affair.

57.   Police said they suspected Palestinian radicals of carrying out the attack, but there was no claim of responsibility.

58.   Palestinian sources also said the police of the Palestinian self-rule authority had released half a dozen Palestinian radicals on Tuesday.

59.   Peres delayed the pullback after a spate of suicide bombings by Palestinian Islamic radicals in February and March, citing security concerns.

60.   Peres delayed the Hebron pullback after a spate of suicide bombings in Israel by Palestinian Islamic radicals in late February and early March.