Israel barred Mr. Arafat from attending religious observances here, and Palestinian gunmen critically wounded an Israeli motorist in what their group described as retaliation.

It was the same spot where an Israeli motorist was killed on Dec. 2.

Israeli soldiers on leave routinely hitch rides, and several have been abducted and killed in recent years by Palestinians posing as Israeli motorists.

An Israeli motorist was wounded by gunfire north of Nablus.

Israeli motorists lined up at gas stations on Sunday as Israel braced for a nationwide strike on Monday to protest the government's planned economic changes.

On July 18, two Israeli motorists were killed and the IDF informed the villagers that they must surrender or be evacuated.

In the occupied West Bank, an Israeli motorist was shot and killed near Tekoa, south of Bethlehem, the Army said.

An unidentified Israeli motorist was reportedly shot to death after he apparently lost his way and entered the Rafah refugee district at Gaza's southern end.

Their tally did not include an Israeli motorist who was killed by a sniper near a Jewish settlement on the West Bank.

At a new crossing point into Qalqilya this morning, a red sign informed Israeli motorists that they were entering a zone under the control of the Palestinian Authority.