51.   The army said the closure would be lifted Tuesday morning.

52.   The internal closure was gradually lifted, but the residents of Bethlehem and the smaller towns of Beit Sahour and Beit Jalla remain restricted to their areas.

53.   The Palestinians demand that the closure be lifted everywhere at once, as part of a formal truce.

54.   The Palestinians dismissed the step as insufficient, demanding that the closure be lifted completely.

55.   The Palestinians want Israel to lift closure and travel restrictions imposed since Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupted in September.

56.   The Palestinians, he said, refused to agree to carry out such arrests before the closure is lifted.

57.   The Palestinians want Israel to lift the closure and halt the expansion of Jewish settlements in areas in the West Bank and Gaza.

58.   The Palestinians want Israel to lift the closure, and halt the expansion of Jewish settlements in areas in the West Bank and Gaza.

59.   The report calls on Israel to lift closures on Palestinian areas and transfer tax revenues owed to the Palestinians.

60.   The shooting occurred as Israel lifts a closure of the West Bank, enabling tens of thousands of Palestinian to enter the Jewish state following a monthlong ban.