1.   An Israeli army statement said that there is no certainty of any Syrian involvement in the attack.

2.   Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli army patrols on the West Bank and a man and woman were killed in Gaza allegedly for collaboration with the Israeli authorities.

3.   The Israeli army said there would be no restrictions on homosexuals joining its ranks after claims of discrimination led the army to re-examine its position.

4.   Also Monday, an elite Israeli army unit arrested West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in Ramallah.

5.   Alongside the route that the bus took, the Israeli army bulldozed fields of eucalyptus trees and fruit orchards so that there would be no place to hide.

6.   Also Saturday, the Israeli army reported that Palestinian police had prevented a suicide bombing that was aimed at Jerusalem.

7.   Also Sunday, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a convoy of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said.

8.   Also on Tuesday, an Israeli army officer died in Nablus, the military said, adding that he might have been killed by errant Israeli gunfire.

9.   Although they are crude and inaccurate, the rockets have a range of nearly five miles, the Israeli army said, posing a potential threat to Israeli towns.

10.   An Israeli army jeep passed, its windows covered with screens and the young soldiers inside clad in flak jackets and helmets.