03.05.2002, Two Palestinians and an Israeli army commander were killed early Friday during an Israeli military incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus. A force of some 50 tanks and armoured personnel carriers entered the Palestinian autonomous city overnight. One of the two Palestinians killed was a member of the Palestinian security forces, the other a civilian, the Palestinian sources said.

07.05.2002, The mayor of Bethlehem said Tuesday that a deal has been reached to end a standoff at the Church of the Nativity, with 13 of the suspected militants holed up in the shrine to be deported to Italy by the end of the day. Israel said agreement was very close. One of the top wanted men in the church, built over Jesus' traditional birthplace, said he and 12 others have agreed to go into exile. Another 26 gunmen would be transferred from the besieged compound to the Gaza Strip, said the wanted man, Abdullah Daoud, the head of Palestinian intelligence in Bethlehem.

08.05.2002, A Palestinian bomber detonated explosives at a pool hall near Tel Aviv, killing at least 16 people in the first bombing in Israel in more than three weeks. More than 60 people were wounded.

09.05.2002, Negotiators said early today a breakthrough had been reached to end the five-week siege of the Church of the Nativity. Palestinian and Vatican officials said 26 militants inside the 4th-century church would be transported to the Gaza Strip and about 80 civilians inside the church would be freed soon. Thirteen other Palestinians, would be left behind in the church until another country agrees to accept them as exiles.

14.05.2002, Israeli forces staged three pre-dawn raids into West Bank villages Tuesday, killing two Palestinian intelligence officers and arresting 13 Palestinians as part of ongoing operations in the territory.

16.05.2002, An Israeli army unit entered Palestinian-ruled areas near the West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday morning, killing one Palestinian and arresting others. The unit entered the town of Beitunia, adjacent to Ramallah, and opened fire at a group of Palestinians inside their house.

28.05.2002, The Israeli army moved into the West Bank city of Jenin early Tuesday, just hours after two Israelis were killed in a bomb attack near Tel Aviv. One Palestinian, a 55-year-old male, died of wounds sustained in a gunbattles sparked by the Israel entry into the city. At least six Palestinians were arrested.

29.05.2002, A Palestinian shot and killed three Israelis at a West Bank settlement Tuesday just hours after Israeli troops swept into Jenin and other West Bank communities. The attacker who opened fire on the settlement of Itamar, near the Palestinian city of Nablus, was shot dead after killing the three Israelis. Hours earlier, an Israeli motorist was killed and another was wounded in a shooting attack

31.05.2002, Earlier this morning, the Israeli army made a large-scale incursion into the West Bank town of Nablus, reoccupying most of the Palestinian self-rule town and the nearby Balata refugee camp. The incursion was backed by around 50 tanks, armoured vehicles and personnel carriers, under cover of helicopter gunships.