1.   The incident followed several days of intermittent sniper attacks on Israeli forces in the area, claimed by Fatah Uprising, a Syrian-based Palestinian group.

2.   Israeli forces ambush and kill four members of the Palestinian Black Panther group in Nablus.

3.   Israeli forces violently suppress a peace rally in Jerusalem.

4.   Israeli forces carried out two attacks in Lebanon during March.

5.   Israeli forces had also been active in Lebanon during the earlier part of May.

6.   Jordan demanded the total withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Jordanian, Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese lands.

7.   Clashes in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah guerrillas, Israeli forces, and the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army intensified in February.

8.   Israeli forces responded with artillery barrages, the exchanges continuing over the succeeding days.

9.   Topics included the nature and jurisdiction of the proposed interim authority, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, Jerusalem, Israeli settlements and security.

10.   Also on Friday, Israeli forces swept into the West Bank town of Tamoun in armored vehicles.