51.   Palestinian suicide bombers have typically been young unmarried men, often from squalid refugee camps drained of hope.

52.   Peace moves have been deadlocked mainly over Jewish settlement building, Palestinian suicide bombings and the scope of an Israeli troop pullback from the West Bank.

53.   Palestinian suicide attacks have subsided as the operation has gathered force.

54.   Palestinian suicide bombers, whose string of deadly attacks prompted the offensive, will be able to regroup and strike Israel.

55.   Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said the attacks were aimed at destroying an infrastructure of terrorism that sustained Palestinian suicide bombers.

56.   Powell pressed the leader to end the Palestinian suicide bombing campaign against Israel.

57.   Prospects for serious talks have dimmed against the backdrop of Palestinian suicide attacks and near-daily Israeli raids into Palestinian territory.

58.   Reeling from Palestinian suicide bombs, sniper attacks and gun battles, most Israelis view such a government as more stable and better equipped to respond to the violence.

59.   Saddam, seen by many on the Arab street as a hero, publicized his support with grants of thousands of dollars to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.

60.   Senior Israeli officials said that Sharon was not yet certain how he would react if another Palestinian suicide attacker struck Israelis.