21.  Police said extra forces were sent in to the Wadi Marya region in Dabaan Valley where the armed gunmen are holed up with their hostages.

22.  Several functions for the extra forces have been proposed.

23.  The extra forces have been operating in teams searching for Moslem militants.

24.  The extra forces, who have been operating in teams searching for Moslem militants, shot dead four fundamentalists on Monday.

25.  The Israeli government agreed Wednesday to allow the internal security agency Shin Beth to use extra force when questioning Palestinian suspects for another two months, official sources said.