1.   A two-pronged helicopter attack with synchronised landings at both camps was considered the best option.

2.   An Israeli helicopter attack Tuesday killed four Palestinians, among them militants who the army said were planning a massive bombing at an international sports festival in Israel.

3.   Around them, concrete debris littered the ground, evidence of the most sustained helicopter attack by Israel in months.

4.   All of eight of the Palestinian killed appeared to have been the targets of a helicopter missile attack on one house in southern Hebron.

5.   But Israeli security officials said the bombings had to be planned in advance, long before the Israeli helicopter attack Sunday night.

6.   He also called for a no-fly-zone in Kosovo to halt helicopter attacks against unarmed civilians.

7.   Highlighting the precarious situation, an explosion in a Bethlehem Palestinian police compound killed two and started rumors of an imminent Israeli helicopter attack.

8.   International criticism of the practice increased this past week when another helicopter attack killed eight people in an apartment building in the West Bank city of Nablus.

9.   Israeli military officials said they were targeting the Pealestinian Fatah security force with helicopter rocket attacks that began Wednesday night.

10.   Israeli radio reported that two of the men killed Monday were deputies of a local militant killed last week in an Israeli helicopter missile attack on his car.