MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

Used Israeli army shell casings lie next to a tank that withdrew from the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2001. At least six Palestinians were killed Wednesday when Israeli troops entered a West Bank village looking for militants who assassinated an Israeli Minister, despite U.S. President George Bush's request that Israel withdraw from Palestinian areas "as quickly as possible." (AP Photo/ Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)