21.   Iran-backed guerrillas killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded four in two separate attacks early Monday in an occupied area of south Lebanon, security sources said.

22.   Israel says the occupied area is to guard its northern towns from cross-border guerrilla infiltration and attacks.

23.   Israel says the occupied area is to guard its northern towns from attacks by guerrillas who are trying to evict the Israeli army.

24.   Its fighting branch, the Waffen SS, battled on the front lines and was used to control occupied areas.

25.   Sharon has said a Palestinian state could be established before an agreement on final borders is reached, but he is against pulling troops out of additional occupied areas.

26.   Soon after, militiamen closed the Kfar Tibnit crossing, one of several checkpoints linking the occupied area with the rest of Lebanon.

27.   The Human Rights Committee said it is concerned about Israeli discrimination against Palestinians in Israel and in occupied areas.

28.   The Palestinians should not join cease-fire talks until Israel withdraws all its forces from occupied areas, Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Tuesday.

29.   The Security Council called a meeting for late Thursday to discuss a Palestinian demand for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops from recently occupied areas in the West Bank.

30.   The sources, speaking from inside the occupied area on condition of anonymity, had no word on casualties.