21.   There were fewer gunfights between Israeli troops and Palestinian militias than in earlier days, though there were continued clashes.

22.   Outside Nablus a Palestinian militia member was killed early Thursday in a clash with Israeli soldiers, Palestinian security and hospital officials said.

23.   Palestinian militia leader killed.

24.   Palestinian militias have become increasingly powerful in recent months, and many of their leaders were in hiding Thursday.

25.   Palestinian militias have carried out dozens of suicide bombings in Israeli cities, but the blast at the fuel depot appeared to signal a shift toward new targets.

26.   Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he will not withdraw troops until Palestinian militias have been crushed.

27.   A few hours before the shooting, a Palestinian militia leader from Tulkarem, Raed Karmi, was killed in a bomb blast that Palestinians blamed on Israel.

28.   A Palestinian militia leader died in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops on the West Bank.

29.   A Palestinian militia leader was killed in an explosion in a West Bank town Monday, and Palestinian security officials accused Israel of detonating the bomb.

30.   Abu Medein said the Palestinian Authority was trying to prevent future Israeli assassinations of Palestinian militia leaders.