Israel plans to eventually pull back from the outskirts of four other West Bank cities, including Ramallah, the Palestinian political headquarters, just to the north of Jerusalem.

She planned to meet with Mr. Abbas on Monday at the Palestinian headquarters in Ramallah, the burial place of Yasir Arafat.

At the new Palestinian headquarters, the former offices of Israel's military administration, senior police officers met local dignitaries to discuss the details of self-rule and the changes to come.

In Bethlehem, the A.P. said, warplanes fired at least two missiles at the Palestinian headquarters.

The compound continues to serve as the Palestinian political headquarters in the West Bank.

The city is the Palestinian political headquarters in the West Bank and includes Mr. Arafat's compound.

Khalil Tufakji, head of the geographic department at Orient House, the Palestinian headquarters in East Jerusalem, said, "They build to make facts on the ground."

Both envoys are shuttling between Jerusalem and the Palestinian headquarters, but they are not venturing into Gaza itself.

The guerrillas scattered to eight Arab cities, with their leaders fleeing to Tunis, the new Palestinian headquarters.

After the events that have just taken place in Ramallah, however, with the bombing and besieging of the Palestinian Authority's headquarters, this matter must clearly be our priority.