1.   Israeli troops on Monday further tightened travel restrictions on Palestinians, blockading towns on the West Bank.

2.   Local people recently took officials hostage and blockaded the town in opposition to the development plans.

3.   Arafat has said it is impossible for the Palestinians to hold elections with the Israeli army blockading Palestinian towns.

4.   Israel has blockaded Palestinian towns in the West Bank and earlier this week cut the Gaza Strip into three parts, disrupting daily life.

5.   Israeli troops further tightened travel restrictions on Palestinians, blockading towns in the West Bank.

6.   It said police have been ordered to blockade the town.

7.   Mubarak said Israel has been blockading Palestinian towns, preventing people from work and depriving them of their essential needs.

8.   The former soldiers released a passenger train which they seized on Wednesday, but were still blockading Mapai town, refusing to allow people in or out.