1.   Israel launched the operation last Friday to crush Palestinian militias that have carried out deadly attacks on Israeli civilians.

2.   However, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the campaign is not limited and would only end when Palestinian militias were crushed.

3.   Israeli forces entered Bethlehem as part of a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to crush Palestinian militias behind deadly attacks on Israelis.

4.   Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the military campaign would only end when Palestinian militias responsible for the terror attacks were crushed.

5.   Israel has said it was forced to take the action to crush militias after a string of deadly suicide attacks against its civilians.

6.   Israeli forces on Wednesday expanded their military offensive in the West Bank, aimed at crushing Palestinian militias and halting a wave of suicide attacks against Israelis.

7.   Israeli forces on Wednesday expanded their military offensive in the West Bank, aimed at crushing Palestinian militias and halting a wave of terror attacks against Israelis.

8.   It was the same day that Israeli troops began their incursion into the West Bank to crush Palestinian militias behind the attacks.

9.   That offensive was aimed at, but failed to crush Palestinian militias.

10.   The Israeli invasion is part of a large-scale military operation in the West Bank to crush Palestinian militias behind deadly attacks.