But agency officials sidestepped questions on whether any of the new housing would be built in the occupied West Bank.

They say that the military wing of Hamas is almost certainly still controlled from within the occupied West Bank.

The teen-agers had been hitchhiking to a settlement in the occupied West Bank.

It was no different in the occupied West Bank where the protesters soon came up against army reinforcements.

As a security measure, the police intensified patrols along the border with the occupied West Bank.

Israel also agreed to take down some roadblocks in the occupied West Bank.

The study also showed that more than a third of those remaining in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank intend to leave.

In the occupied West Bank, too, houses are sealed and blown up.

It was unclear whether the army planned such a registration process in the occupied West Bank.

Israel said some of the housing for Soviet refugees would probably be built in the occupied West Bank.