21.   The bombing Tuesday night was the first in more than three weeks and came after a sweeping Israeli offensive through Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

22.   The diplomats say Iran funneled tens of millions of dollars in aid through Hezbollah last year to Lebanese civilians who had been displaced by an Israeli military offensive.

23.   The Hamas attack and the Israeli offensive, he said, only radicalize the population on both sides of the border.

24.   The Israeli offensive began Friday, triggered by a series of suicide bombings.

25.   The Israeli offensive continued Friday with quick, targeted operations.

26.   The Israeli offensive did not deter the Palestinians from a campaign of suicide bombings.

27.   The Israeli offensive has intensified dramatically as the arrival Thursday of U.S. special envoy Anthony Zinni approaches.

28.   The Israeli offensive into West Bank territories continued Tuesday, with an expansion of forces into the town of Bethlehem.

29.   The Jenin refugee camp, in the northern part of the West Bank, has been the scene of the fiercest fighting in the Israeli offensive.

30.   The recent Israeli military offensive into the West Bank has only increased Palestinian feelings of powerlessness and frustration, Palestinian politicians said.