1.   Palestinian legislator Ziad Abu Amr said that in this charged climate, Palestinian security forces could not be expected to try to protect settlers from shooting ambushes.

2.   Police said they suspected the attack was carried out by Israeli extremists taking revenge for deadly Palestinian shooting ambushes of Israeli motorists in the West Bank.

3.   A Palestinian man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after confessing he killed two Israelis in shooting ambushes last fall.

4.   A Palestinian man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after confessing he killed two Israelis in shooting ambushes in October.

5.   A second Israeli soldier was killed in a Palestinian shooting ambush on an army patrol near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, the army said.

6.   After nightfall Wednesday, an Israeli woman was killed in a Palestinian shooting ambush in the West Bank, the military said.

7.   Also Friday, Jewish settlers angered by recent Palestinian shooting ambushes attacked Palestinians in several West Bank locations.

8.   Also Wednesday, a Palestinian shooting ambush killed an Israeli motorist in the West Bank.

9.   Also Wednesday, an Israeli truck driver was killed in a shooting ambush west of the Palestinian town of Nablus, police said.

10.   An Israeli motorist was critically wounded in a West Bank shooting ambush.