51.   A Palestinian policeman was killed by Israeli fire in the Israeli incursion into Rafah.

52.   A senior Palestinian security commander, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mefraj, was killed Friday during an Israeli incursion in central Gaza, Palestinian security officials said.

53.   A similar rocket assault earlier in the week brought Israeli incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas of the Gaza Strip that left five Palestinians dead.

54.   Abbas Zaki, a Palestinian leader in Hebron, denounced the Israeli incursion.

55.   About a dozen members of European peace groups who have been in Ramallah protesting the Israeli military incursion milled about, a few clutching red flowers.

56.   Afterward, Palestinian security officers in Hebron abandoned police stations and their headquarters, emptying the buildings in case of an Israeli incursion into the town.

57.   After three weeks of Israeli incursions in Palestinian cities, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the current stage of the campaign against Palestinian militants had been completed.

58.   Afterward, Palestinian security officers in Hebron abandoned police stations and their headquarters, just in case of an Israeli incursion into the town.

59.   After more than three weeks of Israeli incursions into Palestinian cities, Sharon said the operation aimed at Palestinian militants was a success.

60.   An Israeli attack helicopter circled overhead but did not open fire during the Israeli incursion, which lasted about two hours.