51.   The army declared a curfew on the town centre, as they had after fighting between settlers and Arabs on Wednesday, but it was not respected.

52.   The army declared the Ar-Ras area a closed military zone following the latest clashes.

53.   The army then declared the area a closed military zone and ordered the Palestinians out, Palestinian radio said.

54.   The Lebanese army declared a state of maximum alert and said it fired back at Israeli artillery.

55.   The Israeli army declared a curfew in the Al-Mawassi coastal area in the southern Gaza strip, a Palestinian sector which borders a major Jewish settlement bloc.

56.   The Lebanese army declared a state of maximum alert and said it returned fire at Israeli positions.