11.   Sheikh Jamil Hamami, a senior Hamas official, said Israel was to blame for the weekend bombings.

12.   The EU statement was issued on the second day of Israeli air strikes in retaliation for weekend Palestinian suicide bombings.

13.   There is no land route since Israel has been blockading all West Bank towns, including Ramallah, since the weekend suicide bombings.

14.   HAMAS and Islamic Jihad, which carried out the two suicide bombings last weekend are vehemently opposed to the self-rule deal agreed between Arafat and Israel.