71. Hamas leaders in Gaza sought to settle passions, urging from mosque loudspeakers that their followers stop confronting the Palestinian police. 72. Gradually, an innovative and risky deal took shape to let the CIA oversee Palestinian police investigations of terrorists and weapons. 73. Green Chevrolet Blazers with tinted windows identify Palestinian police. 74. Half the local Palestinian police office was razed, including the office of the police commander and a security services wing, residents said. 75. He detonated the bomb, killing the soldiers and seriously injuring a Palestinian police colonel. 76. He ordered that the Palestinian police permit the Israeli soldiers to be released and he personally escorted the bus back into Israel. 77. Helicopters fired missiles at Palestinian police buildings in Nablus, Ramallah, Rafah and Gaza City. 78. He said he objected to the Israeli policy of retaliating for suicide bombings by firing missiles at Palestinian police posts, some located in populated areas. 79. He said that if Palestinian police had been deployed, clashes between them and Israeli soldiers could have followed the shooting incident. 80. Horns blare, voices rise, and Palestinian police move in to clear the checkpoint for the day. |