11.   The attack near the sprawling hilltop compound of the Lebanese Defense Ministry cut power to many neighborhoods in and around the city.

12.   The hilltop compound is known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount.

13.   The hilltop compound can be seen from homes, from schools, from the village clinic.

14.   The Palestinians would gain control of the hilltop mosque compound, which they call Haram as-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary.