After two years, they accepted the offer and settled at Balata.

Soldiers also killed a 60-year-old man in Balata refugee camp here, they said.

Its population is significantly larger than that of the village of Balata.

In Balata, rumors spread that the forces would go house to house.

The Israeli military said soldiers in Balata shot back after they were fired upon.

The army said the forces uncovered a large explosives laboratory in the Balata refugee camp.

The army said it also imposed a curfew on the nearby refugee district of Balata.

Only a few weeks ago the army said it was investigating the border police for running roughshod through the Balata refugee district.

Witnesses from the Balata camp, however, say the Israelis opened fire without warning and then took the body away.

The 31-year-old Israeli officer was speaking as he and his well-armed men walked down the main street of Balata.

At the adjacent Balata Camp where protesters blocked the camp's main road.

"Some guys are really bad golfers but think they're Greg Norman so they buy balata.

Neighbors gathered in Balata to offer both condolences and congratulations to the suicide bomber's family.

Israel says he was involved in organizing and took part in most disturbances in Balata since then.

The shootings at Balata took place after soldiers tried to break up crowds in the district by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

In Balata, Miss Khroob pointed to a similar prospect, and looked beyond.

Palestinians said another young man was shot and killed in the Balata refugee center, just south of Nablus, during a demonstration.

And always lurking somewhere in the back of each player's mind is the 17th, the world's largest ball washer, Lake Balata.

Also, a military camp in Balata was destroyed, where houses comprising the campus suffered from severe roof damage.

The soldiers did not make it far into Balata or the Jenin camp, and encountered heavy resistance in both.

Tensions in Balata increased markedly early this month, when the military decided to break up the Shabiba youth movement.

The village's name is Balata, the name of an ancient Arab village, which was preserved by local residents.

The Israeli Army urged residents of the Balata camp who were not fighters to flee.

Today, Balata was surrounded by burning tires and garbage and the remains of torched cars.

Israeli officials said troops first fired when they came under a barrage of rocks and bottles in the narrow streets of Balata.