MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

Mourners carry flag-drapped bodies of four Palestinians killed in several exchanges of fire with Israeli troops, during their funeral procession in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, Wednesday, Oct. 24 2001. Israeli troops entered two West Bank villages Wednesday, killing at least six Palestinians in the incursion, despite U.S. President George Bush's request that Israel withdraw from Palestinian areas "as quickly as possible".(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)