1.   Hezbollah, an Iranian-inspired Lebanese guerrilla group, claimed responsibility for the bomb that killed Gen. Gerstein, two Israeli sergeants and an Israel Radio reporter.

2.   Hezbollah, an Iranian-inspired Lebanese guerrilla group, claimed responsibility for the bomb that killed the general, two Israeli sergeants and an Israel Radio reporter.

3.   In the future, an officer or senior Israeli sergeant will be present at checkpoints, along with an Israeli civilian official who can speak Arabic.

4.   The body of the Israeli sergeant was found Thursday in the West Bank village of Zurif, outside Hebron.

5.   Islamic fundamentalists gunned down two Israeli sergeants on the Gaza Strip on Friday, provoking warnings that autonomy would not survive unless the PLO halted attacks.