1.   An Israeli inquiry found that although the massacre was carried out by Lebanese militiamen, Sharon bore indirect responsibility.

2.   But the rocket attacks may have been direct reprisals for a bombardment of Lebanese towns on Thursday by the Israelis and their client Lebanese militiamen.

3.   Its stepped-up assaults this week have included heavy shelling of Israeli military posts and a car-bomb attack that killed a pro-Israeli Lebanese militiaman on Thursday.

4.   A roadside bomb explosion a few hours later wounded three Lebanese militiamen allied with the Israelis.

5.   An Israeli television report said the attack set off heavy exchanges of fire, apparently involving Lebanese guerrillas and Israeli forces or their allied Lebanese militiamen.

6.   An Israeli-allied Lebanese militiaman was seriously injured in the attack, said the officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

7.   For the last several days, Israel has been quietly pulling its soldiers out of outposts in Lebanon, turning them over to allied Lebanese militiamen or dismantling them.

8.   Guerrillas of Hezbollah hiding in valleys near the occupied zone often attack an outpost manned jointly by Israeli soldiers and their allied Lebanese militiamen on a hill in Barachit.

9.   Guerrillas detonate two roadside bombs in southern Lebanon, killing three Israeli-allied Lebanese militiamen and wounding five Israeli soldiers.

10.   Guerrillas of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group mounted attacks on positions of Israeli troops and their allied Lebanese militiamen in the occupied zone, Lebanese officials said.