31.   Foreign Minister Shimon Peres became practically apoplectic when an Israeli television interviewer used the A-word.

32.   Further feeding the nervousness, Israeli television Monday showed four American-made Patriot antiballistic missiles being deployed on dunes in the Negev.

33.   From Gaza, Ismail Abu Elba, the brother of the bus driver, offered condolences in an interview with an Israeli television station.

34.   He praised in particular the decision by Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa, to grant the first interview by a Syrian official to Israeli television.

35.   He received standing ovations in a crowded hotel banquet hall, and his speech was carried live on Israeli television and radio.

36.   He was also shown on Israeli television during a staged swearing-in ceremony of a militant group he headed known as Eyal.

37.   Heart-rending images appeared ceaselessly on Israeli television.

38.   Hero said he expected overseas outlets like the BBC and German, Russian, Eastern European and Israeli television to be his biggest customers.

39.   He told Israeli television on Friday evening that he was dropping his demand for an absolute calm lasting seven days before undertaking an American-brokered cease-fire plan.

40.   His office denied Israeli television reports that he had ordered the troops withdrawn by the first of June, five weeks ahead of his original deadline.