71.   The Israeli army has stepped up incursions into Palestinian autonomous zones.

72.   The gunmen, aboard a car, sped off as two Palestinian policemen accompanying the tanker out of the autonomous zone opened fire, Israeli military officials said.

73.   The government insists PLO agents are restricted to the autonomous zones, although numerous press reports have alleged they roam across the West Bank.

74.   The Israeli army was early Friday carrying out a major incursion into the Palestinian village of Tel in the autonomous zone near Nablus, residents said.

75.   The Israeli parliament approved Monday on the first of three readings a bill to curtail Palestinian activity outside the autonomous zones and particularly in Jerusalem.

76.   The operation took place near Salfit in the Palestinian autonomous zone in the northern West Bank.