Following on from Dr Ronit Lentin, it’s appalling and tragic whenever children are killed. (Letters, 24 Oct 24).

Dozens of Lebanese army tanks and armoured carriers today pushed forward under the cover of artillery barrages against Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

A senior Islamic cleric rushed to Yasser Arafat’s hospital bedside in Paris today to be with him in the “final phase” of his life, a spokeswoman for the Palestinian leader said.

Israeli soldiers killed two armed Palestinians dressed in diving gear, who attempted to infiltrate a Gaza Strip settlement from the coast in the latest in a series of failed attempts to avenge Israel’s assassination of the Hamas spiritual leader.

YASSER ARAFAT and leaders of his Fatah movement met yesterday to choose ministers in the new Palestinian government, and he reported progress in truce talks with Islamic militant groups.