61.   First the Palestinian protesters, with the Palestinian police standing back, started with a barrage of rocks.

62.   Five Palestinian police were killed in the incursion.

63.   Firas Amleh, the Palestinian police chief in Nablus, said there was little he could do to stop the raging crowd.

64.   For the second day running, demonstrators in Ramallah clashed with Israeli troops, whose fire provoked Palestinian paramilitary police to shoot back.

65.   For the second straight day in Hebron, heavy machine-gun fire pounded the government compound where Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel exchanged fire with troops.

66.   For many, the arrival of the uniformed and armed Palestinian police has given them a new sense of sovereignty and power.

67.   Ghazi Al Jabali is the Palestinian police chief, and the protesters held him responsible for the deaths.

68.   Government officials responded that the army was following procedures established with the Palestinian police.

69.   Hamas blamed the explosion on Israel and the PLO, although Palestinian police said the militants blew themselves up accidentally while preparing bombs.

70.   Hajj Ismail Jaber, the Palestinian police chief in the West Bank, said Tuesday that the police would confiscate all illegal weapons and permit only licensed guns.