1.   Many of the Mets have ventured out of the team hotel, a luxurious hilltop fortress that could encourage them to stay inside.

2.   His last stop will be at Masada, a hilltop fortress that is a powerful symbol of Jewish resolve.

3.   Lebanese sources, who requested anonymity, said Hezbollah guerrillas mounted the attack while the patrol reconnoitered near the hilltop fortress.

4.   The reference was to a hilltop fortress in the Judean desert where Jewish rebels and their families resisted Roman soldiers for years.

5.   They quoted anonymous security sources as saying Israeli troops had discovered and detonated two roadside bombs near the hilltop fortress overlooking the Kfar Tibnit gateway.