11.  Haj Ismail Jaber, commander of the Palestinian forces in the West Bank, visited the unfortified roadblock Monday afternoon.

12.  Hamas has called its subsequent attacks vengeance for Abu Hanoud, who was jailed by Palestinian forces until Israeli warplanes bombed his prison in May.

13.  He said the overall sweeping military campaign would continue until the Palestinian militant forces have been defeated.

14.  He will need to return soon for a longer stay to rebuild links between reformed Palestinian forces and their Israeli counterparts.

15.  In that and other cases, officials said cooperation with the Palestinian forces had helped track down those responsible.

16.  Israeli attack helicopters rocketed a factory in the Gaza Strip, which the army claimed was used by the Palestinian forces to manufacture mortars.

17.  Israel has publicly demanded that the new Palestinian force take action against such extremism.

18.  Israeli officials said that, in a joint security meeting on Thursday night, they requested that Palestinian forces arrest the four Hamas men.

19.  It will have the help of Palestinian forces.

20.  Like many youths, he said he wanted to join the Palestinian forces.