61. Firefights raged throughout the day in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli tanks who shelled a Palestinian hilltop neighborhood. 62. For hours, exacting retribution, Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships shelled the refugee camp outside Bethlehem that Israelis described as the source of the attack. 63. For the moment, no Israeli tanks were in sight. 64. For three months, Arafat has been cornered in Ramallah by Israeli tanks at times positioned just yards from his main gate. 65. He described his yearning for martyrdom and his ease in evading Israeli tanks and checkpoints. 66. He cursed the Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers that continued to rumble by in what his family said were near-daily patrols in the area. 67. He said that the damage was done when an Israeli tank shell exploded near him while he was fighting here. 68. He was shot as Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounded Dheisheh, before their entry into the camp early Monday. 69. Heavy shelling and machine guns were heard in Ramallah as Palestinians exchanged fire with Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounding the compound. 70. Hours after the bombing, Israeli tanks and helicopters once again attacked the West Bank city of Jenin, just a few miles southeast of here. |