71.   Palestinian policemen have found themselves corralled.

72.   Palestinian policemen ordered the stone throwers to move their protest to an area not so close to downtown Bethlehem.

73.   Palestinian policemen said the Israelis had fired first and they returned fire.

74.   Palestinian policemen watched while the marchers, brandishing flags and pictures of Yassin or other militants, burned an Israeli flag and chanted bloody slogans.

75.   Palestinian policemen manning checkpoints at the edges of Palestinian-controlled territory pulled back several hundred meters under orders from their commanders.

76.   Palestinian policemen nearby mostly watched and only made half-hearted efforts to stop the youths.

77.   Palestinian policemen searched the rubble for belongings.

78.   Palestinian policemen then arrived, aiming their rifles at the Israeli troops.

79.   Palestinian security sources said that at least three Palestinian policemen were killed in the Israeli gunfire.

80.   Palestinian witnesses said commanding officers tried to stop junior Palestinian policemen from shooting at the Israeli soldiers, but the policemen defied their orders.