31.   Four more Palestinians were killed while attempting to launch attacks, the Israeli army said.

32.   Guerrillas who evidently sneaked into the West Bank from Jordan ambushed an Israeli patrol on Wednesday, killing three men and wounding two others, the army said.

33.   Hamas said that it had fired two rockets on Saturday, but the Israeli army said it knew of only one.

34.   Helicopters later attacked another security headquarters and a factory the army said was used for making mortars.

35.   Helicopters fired on two other Palestinians that the army said were reinforcing the gunmen.

36.   In a rare admission, the army said in a formal statement that it had made a mistake.

37.   In a statement, the army said that Palestinians in Rafah had fired at an Israeli position but missed their target, hitting the Abu Zaid house instead.

38.   In a statement, the Israeli army said the Karine A had been purchased in Lebanon.

39.   In a rare admission, the army said in a statement that it had made a mistake.

40.   In all, the death toll was five, the army said, without explaining why there seemed to be only four bodies from this incident.