ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER: Guerrillas in Lebanon fired nine rockets into Israel, in the eighth border attack since March 12. EUROPEAN UNION: A delegation headed by the Union's foreign minister, Javier Solana, was barred by Israel from meeting with Mr. Arafat.
He wants Pakistan to stop sponsoring cross-border guerrilla activities before he agrees to another meeting.
Israel, meanwhile, refrained for now from initiating large-scale retaliatory attacks against Lebanon for cross-border guerrilla attacks and the abduction on Saturday of three Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah fighters.
The Israeli government, facing a coming troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon for which it needs international backing, today decided not to continue reprisal bombings in Lebanon even though another cross-border guerrilla offensive took place this morning.
But Hezbollah, whose main backers are Iran and Syria -- the main power broker in Lebanon -- pledged to continue its campaign to drive the Israelis out of the zone in southern Lebanon they have occupied for 22 years as a buffer against cross-border guerrilla attacks.
Israel launched a Gaza air offensive a week ago to counter the threat of cross-border guerrilla rockets and has massed troops and tanks in a threat to escalate to a ground war.
A1 Violence at Israeli Border Hezbollah guerrillas set off a roadside bomb close to an Israeli patrol near the Lebanon border, killing a soldier.
In stark contrast to the army uniforms worn by the Turkish soldiers on the other side of the border, the guerrillas wear traditional loose Kurdish trousers, topped with flack jackets and AK47s, with colourful embroidered scarves holding back their hair.
General Musharraf insisted today that he had already sealed the Kashmir border to guerrillas seeking to enter India from Pakistan, and he challenged India to allow international observers to verify his claim.
Refugees fleeing the violence in Colombia have been crossing borders, and guerrilla forces who work in symbiosis with drug traffickers are increasingly coming to see neighboring countries as safe bases and supply areas.
