But three border policemen arrived only after it was all over - apparently, he said, because someone forgot their wake-up call.

The border policeman and Gypsy spokesman went with him.

Soldiers and border policemen were thick in every corner of the ancient walled city today, particularly near the wall.

Four members of the security forces were wounded, one of them a border policeman who later died, the Israeli military said.

Parked just over the line were two jeeps filled with Israeli border policemen.

He was put in an ambulance, as was a wounded border policeman.

Soon thereafter a battle developed which ended with the two terrorists shot dead by a border policeman who happened to be in the area.

Early reports said the attacker today had set off explosives as he approached a group of Israeli border policemen.

Five children, four women and three border policemen were rescued.

Two attackers were quickly killed by Israeli border policemen who had raced to the scene.