41.   The guerrilla attack set off some of the fiercest fighting in weeks, including a series of Israeli airstrikes on the area, the sources said.

42.   The hotels are usually spared in Israeli airstrikes because it is public knowledge that foreigners, particularly journalists, stay there.

43.   The Israeli airstrikes, the heaviest in three years, was a response to a rocket attack by Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrillas early Thursday.

44.   The Israeli airstrikes followed an infiltration Saturday in Gaza.

45.   The Israeli airstrikes, Palestinian suicide bombings and raging gun battles have raised tensions over the past week, and both sides were forecasting more trouble.

46.   The Palestinian Authority ordered all employees to leave their offices Saturday morning, fearing Israeli airstrikes against government targets.

47.   The Palestinian request followed Israeli airstrikes against Palestinian Authority offices across the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

48.   The Palestinian Authority ordered all employees to leave their offices this morning, fearing Israeli airstrikes against government targets.

49.   The threat of a Syrian-Israeli confrontation has heightened after two Israeli airstrikes on Syrian military radar sites in Lebanon in April and July.

50.   The two raids brought to five the number of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon in two days.