1.   In retaliation, Israel directed heavy artillery bombardments at villages north of the security zone, including areas from which Israeli tanks and troops had just withdrawn.

2.   Also, Israeli tanks and troops swept into two Palestinian towns and a village in the West Bank, witnesses said.

3.   Although it relied on such feint-and-attack methods, Hezbollah never managed to destroy an Israeli tank.

4.   An Israeli tank heads down a street in Beit Jalla past the Lutheran church, Tuesday.

5.   And Israeli tanks reportedly entered Palestinian-controlled areas in the Gaza Strip.

6.   Argov, a former Israeli tank commander with a soft-spoken but direct style, brought a simple pitch and made it point blank.

7.   Arafat and his aides have said they will not talk to Israelis as long as the longtime Palestinian leader is pinned inside his offices by Israeli tanks.

8.   Arafat has been trapped in Ramallah for nearly five months after Israeli tanks surrounded his compound during fighting in December.

9.   Arafat is confined to his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, his compound hemmed in by Israeli tanks.

10.   Arafat is surrounded by Israeli tanks this year, and did not make the meeting.