1.   But that was before Sharon brought the full might of the Israeli military to bear on Palestinians in occupied West Bank towns and tensions in the Middle East boiled.

2.   They blocked roads and briefly occupied towns in a show of force, but no shots were fired.

3.   Hundreds of Israelis paraded and prayed in Hebron on Tuesday while troops kept Palestinians under curfew in the occupied West Bank town for a third day running.

4.   It calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied West Bank towns.

5.   Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank town on Hebron on Sunday, witnesses said.

6.   A curfew was also clamped on the occupied West Bank town.

7.   A curfew was clamped on the occupied West Bank town.

8.   Amar Tambur was hit by a bullet in the chest as soldiers opened fire to disperse stone-throwers in the occupied town .

9.   The Palestinian Authority has rejected as inadequate an Israeli proposal to keep troops in occupied West Bank towns with Jewish settlements near them during elections.

10.   The occupied West Bank town has been tense for the end of the Moslem fasting month of Ramadan which has seen a series of clashes between youths and soldiers.