To: Hawkmoon who wrote (22816 ) 3/31/2002 11:57:24 AM From: Nadine Carroll Respond to of 281500 debka is interesting today, usual caveats apply: 17:45 IT: Unconfirmed Reports of Two Israelis Abducted in North West Bank Near Homesh Second Palestinian Suicide Bombing Sunday: Israeli Paramedic and One Other In Serious Condition, Two Moderately Injured in Blast Outside Efrat First Aid Station in Gush Etzion Region of Southern West Bank Israel Defense Cabinet Convenes Sunday Afternoon to Determine Next Steps in Palestinian Terror Crisis 16:40 IT: Intense Secret Diplomatic Moves Are Afoot Sunday for Arafat to Go Into Political Exile Terms are in Negotiation with Israeli Prime Minister Sharon on Behalf of UN Secretary, Arab and European Governments Moroccan King Muhammad V Leads Contacts for Arab Governments Alongside UN and European Mid East Envoys Larsen and Moratinos Parallel Negotiations with Palestinian leaders over Arafat’s Successor and Fate of Wanted Terror Chiefs Failing Successful Conclusion of These Moves, Israeli Troops Poised to Enter Arafat’s Private Office After Latest Suicide Attack in Haifa “Matsa” Restaurant Sunday Claims 14 Lives, Leaves 38 Injured, 5 Critically, and Guts Restaurant Passover Terror Toll Soars to 45 Israelis Killed, 219 Injured in Six Outrages in Five Days 15:40 IT: State of Preparedness Declared Sunday in Northern Israel in Case of Rocket-Missile Attack from Lebanon Following Saturday’s Hizballah Mortar-Missile Strike DEBKAfile’s Exclusive Military Sources: 14:40 IT: Israeli Tank and Armored Infantry Forces Head for Ramallah 13:30 IT: Palestinian Security Chief Rajoub Negotiates with Israeli Forces Surrounding his Command Center in Bitunya, North of Ramallah Where Dozens of Wanted Terrorists Holed Up Tanzim Chief Barghouti Believed Hiding in His Home Village of Kobar, South of Ramallah Israeli Forces Detain Locals For Questioning on His Whereabouts 12:40 IT: Gunbattle Around Arafat’s Office in Ramallah Dies Down His Office Loses Links with Outside World Earlier, Israeli Troops Blow 2-Meter Hole in Wall of Arafat’s Accounting Department This Brings Them to Within Two Walls of His Two-Room Suite in Three-Storey HQ Building Senior Security Sources: To Complete Arafat’s Isolation, Israeli Troops Expected to Bring Senior Terror Activists out of His Office Among them: Tawfiq Tirawi, Commander of Fatah’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Its Suicide Attacks Soldiers Will Also Impound Documents