An army spokeswoman said she knew nothing about the arrests.

An army spokeswoman said she did not know the age of the injured Palestinian.

An army spokeswoman said the taxi carrying the two women appeared an hour later, moving quickly down the same road.

The army spokeswoman said troops arrived in the village after the funeral.

An army spokeswoman said the army's chief of staff had given orders to protect the villagers.

But the army spokeswoman said she could confirm only that the police officers had killed two Palestinians.

"There was some intelligence about them being suicide bombers," an army spokeswoman said.

The army spokeswoman said she was checking the report.

"We entered to destroy those houses, and that was it," an army spokeswoman said early today.

An army spokeswoman defended the troops, saying, "They do everything in their power to avoid deaths."