1.   Although the Gaza Strip remained quiet during the Israeli offensive on the West Bank, it might become the next hot zone.

2.   An all-day tour Saturday of areas that were impassable as long as the Israeli offensive continued found a patchwork of destruction.

3.   A wave of bombings and shootings against Israelis prompted a intense Israeli military offensive in the West Bank in April.

4.   But U.N. officials said that the overall level of the Israeli offensive and of Hezbollah rocket barrages had been markedly reduced.

5.   Congress did no favor to peacemaking Thursday by issuing a reflexive endorsement of the Israeli offensive.

6.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reportedly wrote Bush urging him to take immediate action to stop the Israeli offensive.

7.   For Arabs living in New York, the latest Israeli offensive against Palestinian refugee camps and towns, accompanied by army-enforced curfews and roadblocks, hit hard.

8.   Gaza residents were reported to be stockpiling food, bottled water, and other necessities, fearing a large Israeli military offensive.

9.   He denied allegations that intifadah leader Marwan Barghouthi and other fugitives were hiding out in his compound and called on the United States to halt the Israeli offensive.

10.   He said, in effect, that the Israeli offensive precludes any Palestinian agreement to a cease-fire.