51.   A young Palestinian critically wounded last month during an Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip has died of his wounds, Palestinian hospital sources said Wednesday.

52.   An Israeli army spokesman denied there had been any military incursion in the Bethlehem area.

53.   Before dawn, Israeli units carried out deadly incursions in the sector, radiding the villages of Khuzaa and Abassan.

54.   Earlier on Friday, Israeli troops carried out similar incursions in the Deheisha and Aida refugee camps in Bethlehem.

55.   The move made it the first European nation to apply direct economic pressure since the start of Israeli incursions in the West Bank more than two weeks ago.

56.   The price of oil crept higher here in early trading on Friday on nervousness over the prospect of fresh Israeli military incursions in Palestinian territories.

57.   The official warned the Israeli army would continue its incursions in autonomous Palestinian areas such as the recent raids into the West Bank towns Tulkarem, Bethlehem and Qalqilya.

58.   Turkey on Friday denied that its incursion in northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish separatist guerrillas had caused civilian casualties or forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

59.   Thousands took to the streets in French cities Saturday in protest against Israeli military incursions in Palestinian territories.

60.   There was no immediate report of casualties in the second such incursion in Jenin in as many days.