1.   And having convinced his people that Arafat sanctioned terror, Netanyahu would find it hard after a new attack to avoid a harsh retaliation.

2.   Barak promised harsh retaliation, and appeared to begin with nighttime helicopter and tank attacks on Palestinian targets.

3.   He favors a withdrawal of troops, although he suggests a gradual one, accompanied by a threat of harsh retaliation for any guerrilla incursions into northern Israel.

4.   Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak promised harsh retaliation, and appeared to begin with nighttime helicopter and tank attacks on Palestinian targets.

5.   The Palestinians fear that a lone suicide bomber could wipe out the shaky truce and touch off harsh retaliation by the Israeli military.

6.   Through the United States, the Israelis have warned Syria that harsh retaliation is possible in Lebanon if the attacks continue.

7.   Palestinians strafed an Israeli car with gunfire Tuesday, seriously wounding a motorist in an attack that could provoke another harsh retaliation from Israel.

8.   After Britain threatened harsh retaliation, negotiations started and the four expulsions on each side is the outcome.

9.   And Maj. Gen. Amiram Levine, the top army commander in northern Israel, suggested there would be no harsh retaliation.

10.   Earlier Friday, Prosper Azran, the mayor of Kiryat Shemona, called for harsh Israeli retaliation.