11.   No Palestinian group immediately claimed responsibility, though militants have frequently targeted Jewish settlers on roads in the West Bank.

12.   Palestinian gunmen have targeted settlers in their uprising against Israel, with militia leaders saying such attacks were aimed at driving the settlers out.

13.   Palestinian militants have frequently targeted Jewish settlers on West Bank roads.

14.   Settlers have been targeted in shooting ambushes in the past, and the assailants fled into the Palestinian-controlled areas.

15.   The army believes Palestinians were responsible because settlers were targeted and Arab militants have made frequent attacks in the area.

16.   The army says that some Palestinian militants who target settlers on the roads come from Salfit and that troops recently discovered a bomb-making factory here.

17.   The settlers have been targeted for attack throughout the Palestinian uprising.

18.   The settlers have been targeted for attack throughout the Palestinian uprising that began more than six months ago.

19.   The settlers have been targeted for attack throughout the Palestinian uprising, which erupted more than six months ago.

20.   Two militants of the Islamic Jihad movement subsequently blew themselves up in botched suicide bombings targeting Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip.