11.   Soldiers sealed off several Palestinian villages in a hunt for assailants in the ambush-style shooting of a Jewish settler Tuesday night.

12.   Soldiers sealed off the entrance to the city and began disarming its heavily armed citizens, mostly Bedouin tribespeople.

13.   The soldiers sealed off roads to the area and opened fire on approaching military vehicles.

14.   The third militant was still fighting but soldiers sealed off the area, the officer said, using customary anonymity.

15.   Israeli soldiers sealed off the area, evacuating nearby residents and a secondary school.