81.   The army has said that the action is necessary to deny cover to gunmen.

82.   The army initially said three people had been killed.

83.   The army said bombs planted by the Palestinians had been found near their bodies.

84.   The army said he had been carrying a rifle and Koran and that he was trying to infiltrate the settlement when he was discovered.

85.   The army said it arrested several dozen suspects from the militant group Islamic Jihad and from the Tanzim, the armed militia of Fatah, the main Palestinian faction.

86.   The army said it attacked Jenin and other cities to crush militant networks that have launched hundreds of attacks on Israeli civilians, including suicide bombings.

87.   The army said it had arrested eight Palestinians in Tulkarem.

88.   The army said it had been warned of a car bomb in the area.

89.   The army said it had taken the five men away in an ambulance, provided them with medical care, and questioned them about conditions in the church.

90.   The army said it knocked down buildings after evacuating residents in order to get to gunmen.