81.   His defenders poured into the streets of Gaza to protest and one stone thrower was killed in clashes with Palestinian police.

82.   Hot pursuit by Israeli forces will only happen when accompanied by Palestinian police.

83.   However, Israeli officials counter that their troops are sometimes fired upon by Palestinian police and militiamen from larger, unarmed crowds.

84.   Human rights groups also have complained about alleged abuses by Palestinian police, including arbitrary detention and torture of prisoners.

85.   In a mostly symbolic gesture, Palestinian police put the founder of Hamas under house arrest Wednesday in the Gaza Strip.

86.   In a statement, Arafat pledged the cooperation of the Palestinian police to help hunt down those responsible for planning the bombing.

87.   In Abu Dis, a West Bank town, the Palestinian police stood back and allowed the clashes to go on, as they did most everywhere else.

88.   In Beituniya, a village near Ramallah, Palestinian police rode into town firing their rifles in joy.

89.   In Bethlehem, protesters burned U.S. and Israeli flags but were restrained from rock-throwing by Palestinian police.

90.   In Gaza City, several Palestinians were wounded when Israeli helicopters fired missiles into a building in the Palestinian police headquarters compound.