21.   Speaking to NBC, Arafat heatedly denied the Israeli allegations.

22.   Syria denies Israeli allegations that deadly nerve gas has been placed in missiles.

23.   Syria on Wednesday denied Israeli allegations that that it had put deadly nerve gas in surface-to-surface missiles capable of hitting the Jewish state.

24.   The European Parliament put off a vote that was originally scheduled for last week pending an investigation into the Israeli allegations.

25.   The Palestinian Authority condemned the bombing and rejected Israeli allegations that it was somehow involved.

26.   The Palestinians say the Israeli allegations are based on forgeries.

27.   The report sparked angry protests from the United States and France, which accused Iran of involvement in terrorism, echoing Israeli allegations.

28.   U.S. Embassy spokesman Larry Schwartz said his government had heard of the Israeli allegations through news reports and did not yet have concrete evidence that the prisoners were released.

29.   U.S. security officials are investigating Israeli allegations that the Palestinian Authority released five militants involved in deadly attacks on Israelis and Americans, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

30.   However, he repeated remarks he made on Tuesday indicating that the United States was leaning toward accepting the Israeli allegations.