08.02.2002, A Palestinian gunman entered an isolated Jewish settlement, killing an Israeli soldier and holeding up in a house that came under fire. An Israeli woman and her daughter were killed in the gunbattle. In retaliation, Israeli F-16 warplanes fired two missiles at a prison and government complex in the West Bank town of Nablus wounding 11 Palestinians.

11.02.2002, Two Palestinian gunmen sprang from a car and sprayed automatic gunfire at Israelis outside a military base in the southern city of Beersheba, killing two soldiers and seriously wounding five people before they were shot dead by the troops. In retaliation, Israeli F16 jets dropped two bombs on the main Palestinian security installation near the Mediterranean coast in Gaza City and helicopters fired missiles at a foundry and other targets in the Jabalya area, in the northern Gaza Strip. The warplanes bombed a Palestinian security complex a few hundred metres from offices of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. The complex was already badly damaged by previous attacks. The planes had circled overhead for several minutes before striking, and Palestinian security officials dashed out of the complex before the bombing.

12.02.2002, Israeli troops raided a West Bank town, killing a Palestinian and destroying a house before withdrawing five hours later. sraeli army bulldozers also destroyed a house. A second building was damaged, with the wall on the first floor smashed in and closets and furniture visible from the street.

13.02.2002, Israeli forces killed five Palestinian policemen in the Gaza Strip after threatening to carve "security zones" in Palestinian areas to protect Israeli cities vulnerable to attack by a new missile. The army said that raids on Palestinian-ruled Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, and Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya further north, were a response to Sunday's launch of two Qassam-2 rockets by the militant group Hamas.

20.02.2002, Israeli forces attach West Bank village, killing a Palestinian, hours after Palestinians set off a huge bomb in Gaza, destroying a tank and killing three soldiers.

23.02.2002, A missile fired from an Israeli helicopter slammed into Yasser Arafat's West Bank compound - but the PLO leader was unhurt. The missile hit the Palestinians' military intelligence office in the Ramallah compound. Arafat and his aides weren't hurt. The attack came hours after Palestinian gunmen killed six Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. Thirteen Palestinians also died in the bloody day and night of attack.

24.02.2002, Israeli helicopters again blasted targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while missiles struck metres away from Palestinian President Yassir Arafat's bedroom and ground troops entered Gaza City for the first time in 17 months. Five Palestinians were killed and 50 injured, 15 of them seriously, during the widespread Israeli army incursions into the eastern and southern Gaza Strip. A Palestinian gunman and an Israeli were killed during an attack on a checkpoint on the border between Israel and the northern West Bank.