31.   Israeli officers said that the harsh measures would serve as a deterrent to future bomb attacks.

32.   Israeli officers say their troops are firing to protect themselves, and they have demanded that Palestinian officers control the crowds.

33.   Israeli officers, however, say that they are under strict orders to limit casualties.

34.   It was here, last Tuesday, Israeli officers said, that the soldiers walked into the trap.

35.   Later in the evening, as gunfire cackled outside, an Israeli officer entered my room.

36.   Leaders of the march negotiated with Israeli officers as demonstrators surged against the police line and were repeatedly shoved back.

37.   Last month officers at the post turned over to the Israeli authorities an Israeli naval officer who got lost and ended up there, he said.

38.   Madani said they had been in contact with an Israeli officer but had not scheduled any meeting.

39.   Most Israeli officers in the West Bank are now elite ex-paratroopers.

40.   On Saturday, Israeli officers boasted that the raids on the congested refugee camps proved to the Palestinians that Israeli forces could reach anywhere in Palestinian-controlled territory.