1.   An Israeli army spokesman has said that the army will not, under any circumstances, storm the church.

2.   Eiland said that Israeli forces would not storm the church.

3.   Israeli troops have been unwilling to storm the church, where scores of Palestinian gunmnen are holed up, for fear of damaging the basilica.

4.   The statement accused the Israelis of trying to build a case for storming the church.

5.   Police stormed the church and expelled the group, but many have since become legal residents of France.

6.   Police stormed the church and expelled the group, but most since then have become legal residents of France.

7.   Islamic militants who attacked a charity meeting and killed nine Christians may have erred in storming a church, their spokesman said in an interview published Monday.

8.   Israel has promised Christian leaders it would not storm the church.

9.   Israel says it wants to end the standoff peacefully and that it will not storm the church because of its religious significance.

10.   Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said troops would not storm the church, but army officials said the gunmen would not be allowed to go free.