31.   Asked about the report Monday, Arafat said his security officials were convinced the bombers came from abroad, but they did not know from where.

32.   But he has refused to stage the arrest sweeps Israel demands, insisting the two suicide bombers came from abroad and not from areas under his control.

33.   But no suicide bombers have come from Gaza, which is fenced in.

34.   He blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the tension and said the measures were unwarranted since the bombers did not come from areas under sole Palestinian control.

35.   Hefetz said Sunday that police were investigating the possibility that the bombers came from abroad.

36.   Israel has said several Palestinian suicide bombers came from the Jenin area, and that it wanted to pressure the Palestinian Authority to arrest militants before they could strike.

37.   Israel has said that even if the bombers came from abroad, they were likely helped by Hamas activists in the West Bank.

38.   Israel said the bombers came from the West Bank village of Assira, not from overseas as Arafat had insisted.

39.   Israel Radio said the bombers apparently came to the marketplace wearing wigs and disguises and set off their bombs simultaneously.

40.   Many Palestinian bombers have come from the northern West Bank.