11.   He said Israeli officers had told their Palestinian counterparts that it was likely that the bombers had come from abroad.

12.   He was the highest ranking Israeli officer killed during the occupation.

13.   I was reminded of that conversation when I read about the suicide bomber from Hezbollah, who two weeks ago killed an Israeli officer in south Lebanon.

14.   In the last month, however, he has been accused by Israeli military officers of tolerating and perhaps fomenting terror bombings and armed attacks against Israeli targets.

15.   In Tulkarm, in the northern West Bank, two Israeli paramilitary officers and a Palestinian police officer were killed in a battle between the two forces.

16.   Inside were only seven or eight Israeli soldiers of the paramilitary border police, according to accounts by Israeli officers.

17.   Israeli officers in civilian clothes aimed guns at the passengers.

18.   Israeli officers said someone opened fire on them, they returned the fire, and Palestinian police joined in.

19.   Israeli military officers said the mortars were fired from Palestinian police posts.

20.   Israeli officers and soldiers said they had encountered heavy resistance and numerous booby traps.