51.   Israeli forces have conducted similar operations in Nablus, Jenin and northern Gaza, demonstrating their ability to re-enter Palestinian areas at will.

52.   Israel on Sunday continued to move tanks and other armored vehicles near Palestinian areas in a show of force.

53.   Israel said it will lift its closure on Palestinian areas and redeploy its forces from areas it seized.

54.   Israeli forces were preparing to shed restrictions that now limit their attacks on Palestinian areas.

55.   Israel also announced some easing of the security cordon thrown around Palestinian areas after the recent violence.

56.   Israel has taken other significant security measures, including tightening its blockades of Palestinian areas.

57.   Israel suffered four devastating suicide bombs last month and reacted by closing off the borders of the Palestinian autonomous areas.

58.   Israel, for starters, will have to pull troops away from Palestinian areas.

59.   It also closed off Palestinian areas, in hopes, it said, of stopping suicide bombers.

60.   Israel countered by saying that even outsiders would have needed help from Palestinian areas to carry out the attack.