51.   Helicopters hovered over the port, and police have cordoned-off the jetty and searched cars entering the town.

52.   Hezbollah chief Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said the guerrillas will not enter the town, but reserved the right to keep attacking the Israelis in the south.

53.   However, the Israelis did not enter the town, witnesses said.

54.   Human rights and U.N. mission representatives tried to enter the town, but the mob would not let them, saying they first wanted to meet with prosecutors.

55.   Hohxa claimed that the Macedonian army was trying to enter the town with armored personnel carriers, tanks and infantry.

56.   However, the Israelis did not enter the town, witnesses say.

57.   In Jenin, Israeli tanks entered the town Thursday from three directions early Thursday and surrounded the refugee camp at the western edge of town, residents said.

58.   In Jenin, Col. Turki Abu Ali said police and security were discussing how to implement the other when Israeli forces entered the town Wednesday.

59.   In recent days, Israel had stepped up its retaliation for Palestinian shooting attacks, with Israeli tanks repeatedly entering Palestinian towns.

60.   In nearby Jenin, Israeli tanks entered the town from three directions early Thursday and surrounded the refugee camp at the western edge of the town, residents said.