07.05.2001 - Israeli troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp Monday, killing a 4-month-old baby girl and wounding 24 people. Palestinian doctors said 10 children were among the injured. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he was sorry, and that Israeli troops did not intend to harm children. In the West Bank, Israeli troops briefly entered two Palestinian towns - part of a new policy that gives field commanders the authority to decide on such forays on the spot, without waiting for government approval. Israeli shelling during one of the raids killed a Palestinian teacher. The United States has sharply criticized such incursions.

14.05.2001 - Five Palestinian policemen manning a roadside checkpoint in the West Bank were killed by Israeli fire, and Israeli helicopters rocketed Palestinian security targets in Gaza, destroying 10 armored vehicles. In Gaza, two Palestinians were killed in a clash with Israeli forces. Thousands of Palestinians chanting "revenge" gathered outside a West Bank hospital for a memorial procession for the slain policemen. The officers were killed at a small Palestinian police outpost near the West Bank town of Beituniya, Palestinian officials said. Several bullets tore through the barrack walls. Also, the Israeli army demolished a Palestinian police station and several other buildings in the West Bank village of Shuwakeh in an area under Israeli security control. More than seven months of violence has killed 447 Palestinian.

31.05.2001 - Faisal Husseini, a top PLO official who had a leading role in the launching of the peace process with Israel and was a longtime campaigner for Palestinian claims in Jerusalem, died of a heart attack. He was 60. Husseini, the main PLO official in Jerusalem, died in his hotel room before dawn, said an organizer of a conference where Husseini was scheduled to speak later. "He has been my colleague since we were very young. He's also my relative. It is really a great loss," Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said in Brussels, Belgium, where he decided to cut short a visit to fly back to the region to attend to Husseini's body.