21.   Before the suicide bombings here Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestinian doctors said.

22.   Bethlehem was one of six West Bank cities raided by Israel last month as part of a massive offensive in response to a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings.

23.   Border closings after suicide bombings keep goods and people in the Gaza Strip from entering Israel for months.

24.   Born in war, and with suicide bombings an almost daily occurrence, Israel has willingly embraced draconian security measures as a means of survival.

25.   A leaflet purportedly issued by the Qassam Brigades leadership on Saturday threatened to resume suicide bombings in retaliation for the crackdown.

26.   A Shiite Muslim group in southern Lebanon, the Iran-backed Hezbollah, also threatened to carry out suicide bombings inside Israel.

27.   A prosecution in the United States would also spare the Israelis a provocative trial of a figure associated with a movement responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings.

28.   A reformist journalist called for an end to suicide bombings, and virtually everyone hemmed and hawed when Khamenei called for an oil embargo on Israel and its allies.

29.   A series of suicide bombings by Islamic militant members of Hamas deepened the crisis.

30.   A series of suicide bombings staged by Arab extremists helped usher in a more cautious and conservative Israeli government, and negotiations lagged.