15.08.2001 - About 70 tanks and hundreds of troops took over Palestinian government buildings, including the governor's office and police buildings. The tanks withdrew after three hours. There were at least three deaths and several injuries. Eyewitnesses say Israeli bulldozers demolished several police checkpoints and Israeli snipers are engaged in a firefight with Palestinian police.

16.08.2001 - Israeli undercover troops killed a Palestinian leader in the town of Hebron. Imad Abu Sneineh was shot in the head, chest, stomach and legs by 10 bullets fired from a truck with Palestinian number plates outside his home in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli security sources said the killing was carried out by undercover soldiers.

23.08.2001 - Israeli soldiers shot dead four Palestinians in the West Bank, hours after the two sides said they were ready to hold new talks on ending nearly 11 months of bloodshed. Palestinian official said, three civilians were shot dead as they came to the aid of a man who was wounded by the soldiers and later died. The official described it as a "massacre."

28.08.2001 - Israel assassinated the leader of a Palestinian faction in a missile strike on the group's offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abu Ali Mustafa, the 64-year-old head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), died when two missiles fired by helicopter gunships slammed into the offices in an apartment block after he took a phone call. Mustafa had the highest profile of anyone killed under Israel's policy of tracking and killing militants since a Palestinian uprising erupted in September. He became PFLP chief after longtime leader George Habash stepped down in July 2000. The helicopter gunships had hovered overhead before firing the missiles through the window. The Israeli army confirmed it had launched an attack against Mustafa.