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

2.   Followers of Buddhist Law surprised the authorities by surrounding the compound on Sunday.

3.   He saw the crowd press against the chain-link fence surrounding the compound.

4.   Heavy shelling and machine guns were heard in Ramallah as Palestinians exchanged fire with Israeli tanks and armored vehicles surrounding the compound.

5.   Israeli forces have surrounded a compound in the city of Ramallah where Arafat and his security detail is under house arrest.

6.   The army said it was surrounding the compound to prevent any fleeing gunmen from seeking sanctuary there.

7.   The high walls surrounding the compound were painted in a military-camouflage pattern.

8.   The Israeli army moved tanks and troops into Ramallah early Friday morning and surrounded the compound of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

9.   Their plan was to surround the compound and apprehend the suspects as they departed.

10.   When he arrested four teen-age militants recently, angry mobs surrounded the compound where they were held.