61.   Inspector S.P. Pandit said police had prevented Hindu activists from swimming across the Saryu River to enter the town during the night.

62.   Interior troops, the military command insisted, entered the town after failing to persuade local elders to evict or disarm the guerrillas.

63.   Internal Security Minister Uzi Landau said police would not enter Arab towns if the protests were peaceful.

64.   Israel criticized Arafat for failing to maintain security, and the army sealed Jenin on Thursday, barring people from leaving and entering the town.

65.   Israel criticized Arafat for failing to maintain security, and the army sealed Jenin, barring people from leaving and entering the town.

66.   Israel started calling up reserve soldiers on Thursday after troops entered Palestinian towns in a widening military response to a wave of suicide attacks.

67.   Israeli forces also patrolled the southern edge of Bethlehem early Friday but did not enter the town, the military said.

68.   Israeli troops kept Ramallah sealed for a third day Saturday, barring Palestinians from leaving or entering the town.

69.   Israeli troops have repeatedly entered Palestinian towns in the past year, but the raids launched Thursday marked the broadest Israeli military strike so far.

70.   Israeli troops have repeatedly entered Palestinian towns in the past year, but the series of raids launched Thursday marked the broadest Israeli military strike so far.