The Palestinian groups Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Brigades continued their efforts to attack Israeli targets, including civilians.
In a series of operations, which saw the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem under siege and a fierce battle in the refugee camp in Jenin, Israel re-occupied the Palestinian territories and hopes of a peace settlement were as far away as they had been for a generation.
![]() The BBC's Middle East correspondent Orla Guerin details the traumas suffered by both sides and the difficulties of breaking the cycle of violence ![]() ![]() |