11.   The Israeli general left for the United States Monday night but the army did not release an itinerary.

12.   The two generals left Belgrade for NATO headquarters late Tuesday without issuing any statement.

13.   There was no official statement from either side after the talks, and the generals left late Tuesday for Brussels, Belgium, without speaking to reporters.

14.   But in Jerusalem, a military source said that the general had left the area before the rocket attack.

15.   Meanwhile, inhabitants of Han Pijesak were saying that the general left every morning at dawn with his soldiers to gather in the crops.

16.   The attack occurred early Friday as the two generals were leaving a military dormitory to head to the military academy of the Russian army headquarters.

17.   The general had just left the Palestinian security offices in Khan Yunis when Israeli helicopter gunships fired four missiles at that exact spot, his spokesperson told AFP.