In the first act of its new policy, Israel closed a joint security coordination office near the West Bank town of Jericho.

Under the plan, Palestinians would be granted self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.

The Palestinians assumed control of the West Bank town of Jericho on Friday.

More than 600 PLA soldiers are also in the West Bank town of Jericho.

Finally, at 65, he wields real power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho, but no longer commands automatic respect.

The agreement turns the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho over to the Palestinians.

In other violence, Israeli troops shot and killed three unarmed infiltrators from Jordan early this morning near the West Bank town of Jericho, the army reported.

They were burned to death when Arabs ambushed and attacked a passenger bus with five firebombs just outside the West Bank town of Jericho.

The two sides also fought over a ceremony for new Palestinian security agents that was held on Tuesday in the West Bank town of Jericho.

The usually sleepy West Bank oasis town of Jericho was selected as a likely venue.