101.   Israeli embassy spokesman Lior Ben Dor told AFP on Monday that Azzam was a father-of-four from Kfar Mehar in the Galilee region.

102.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will hold talks here Friday with President Hosni Mubarak and US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, the Israeli embassy confirmed Thursday.

103.   Israeli radio said security was being stepped up in public places across the country and around Israeli embassies and other interests abroad.

104.   Israeli embassy spokesman Dien Haima said there had been no warnings or threats before the explosion, and said suggestions of a bomb attack had not been confirmed.

105.   Israeli embassy spokesman Lior Ben Dor said Azzam was still expected to be released soon.

106.   Israeli embassy spokesman Lior Ben Dor told AFP on Monday that Azzam, a father-of-four, was from Kfar Mehar in the Galilee region.

107.   Israeli embassy spokesman Yaacov Setti declined to say if his country had asked for stepped-up security measures to protect its nationals.

108.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will visit Paris next week to brief French leaders on the talks on Palestinian autonomy, the Israeli embassy said here Wednesday.

109.   A protest is also planned Wednesday outside the former Israeli embassy, which has been turned into an embassy for the Palestinians.

110.   A powerful car bomb exploded in central London near the Israeli embassy and consulate Tuesday, slightly injuring eight people, police said.