31.   The spokesman said the unit had been following a car driven by Palestinians they suspected of kidnapping a soldier after a rumour that turned out to be false.

32.   Yossef Bagad, from the right-wing Moledet party, had told parliament that a soldier had been kidnapped in East Jerusalem.

33.   Yossef Bagad, a deputy from the right-wing Moledet party, had told parliament that a soldier had been kidnapped in East Jerusalem.

34.   Israeli security forces bricked up Tuesday the house Islamic fundamentalists used as a hideout after kidnapping a soldier, military officials said.

35.   Some are accused of preparing to kidnap a soldier in Jerusalem in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and of having planned a series of bomb attacks.

36.   State radio said the talks, halted Tuesday after the Islamic Resistance Movement HAMAS kidnapped a soldier, would not resume for at least another week.

37.   The Israeli army has also cancelled joint patrols with the Palestinian police in the West Bank towns which have gained self-rule to thwart any attempts to kidnap its soldiers.