11.   Although Israeli officials have suggested they might carry on negotiating without him, US officials have indicated that possibility is remote.

12.   Although the United States has not made public the wording of the agreement, some Israeli officials said the idea of total symmetry in this regard is now gone.

13.   Although the U.S. has not disclosed the contents of its proposal, Israeli officials are expecting the Americans to exert pressure on Jerusalem for a gesture toward the Palestinians.

14.   Among those arrested in the Jenin raid, Israeli officials said, was a new local leader of Hamas, Rami Awad, and five other militants.

15.   Among those sounding the loudest alarms are Israeli officials, arch-enemies of Iran.

16.   An Israeli military official said there had been information that a terror attack was being planned from these areas.

17.   An Israeli official acknowledged that the army had cut water and electricity to the hospital, calling that an accident, and said that both had been restored.

18.   An Israeli official, David Peleg, made an extraordinarily obtuse statement.

19.   An Israeli soldier and two Palestinan militants were killed during an attack on a fortified Jewish settlement, according to Israeli officials.

20.   An Israeli official at the UN echoed those sentiments Wednesday.