11.  Another crisis erupted from the botched assassination attempt in Jordan of a political leader of Hamas, the Palestinian group responsible for several terrorist attacks in Israel.

12.  Arafat went to Egypt this week to meet opposition Palestinian groups that reject the Oslo peace accords.

13.  At the first meeting a masked terrorist from the Palestinian group Hamas spoke in Arabic for an hour.

14.  A few Katyusha rockets, some apparently fired by a radical Palestinian group, have landed near Israeli towns and villages.

15.  A leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas had been released from house arrest and he used the occasion to denounce the United States.

16.  A radical Palestinian group, Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the blast.

17.  A militant with Hamas, the radical Palestinian group, was killed in the West Bank town of Jenin when he walked near a car that exploded.

18.  Abu Marzook is the leader of the political wing of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which has waged a terror campaign against Israel.

19.  According to unconfirmed reports, a Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for at least one of the attacks.

20.  All Palestinian groups, including the fundamentalist Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which often carry out suicide bombings against Israeli targets, swiftly denied any involvement.