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Latest Update: Tulkarm Re-invaded; Fatah, Hamas leaders arrested; psychological warfare at Bethlehem Church continues; Geneva Human rights commission condemns Israel; relief workers enter Jenin; Details Inside ..

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News Update: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM GMT (Tuesday)

-Israeli military official confirmed that Israel has re-opened the notorious desert detention camp, Ketziot, where thousands of Palestinians were held in tents during the 1987-93 uprising against Israeli occupation. The camp is known for its extreme conditions. Detainees were exposed to sweltering heat in the summer and biting cold in the winter, as well as rats, snakes and scorpions.

-Israeli forces have carried out new incursions into at least three Palestinian towns in the West Bank. Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled into the towns Abu Dis, Izzariyeh and Sawahra a-Sharkiyeh near Jerusalem early Tuesday morning. The troop declared a curfew, confining thousands of Palestinians to their homes.

- Israeli forces re-entered the town of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank. Palestinian officials say soldiers arrested at least five Palestinians before retreating to the outskirts of the town.

-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he is "making progress" in talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials and hopes to work out some kind of a deal soon. Powell told reporters in Jerusalem Tuesday, he is looking forward to furthering that progress over the next 24 hours.

-Palestinian officials say they are working on a joint statement with the United States that would include a stiff condemnation of suicide bomb attacks against Israelis, and a call for Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian areas.

News Update: 2:00 AM to 8:00 AM GMT (Tuesday)

-Hours following an Israel promise to pull out of most of the recently re-occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli army re-invaded the West Bank city of Tulkarm in full.

-Israeli forces attacked two refugee camps near Nablus, New Askar and Old Askar. The Israeli army used Apache helicopters to shell both camps, wounding several people, destroying and damaging many homes.

-Two top Hamas leaders Faize Al Tawail and Abu Wardeh were arrested by Israeli troops in the West Bank. Earlier, a top leader of the Palestinian Intifada, Marwan Barghouti was detained. Israel intends to treat Barghuti, the West Bank chief Fatah movement "according to the law," Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said. Israel tried to assassinate the Barghuti in the past months and failed.

-The Israeli army resumed its psychological warfare against 200 Palestinians holed up in the Church of the Nativity, broadcasting ear-splitting noise and repeated calls to surrender. Sounds of drilling, animal roars and strident shouts were played over a giant loudspeaker facing the church which marks Jesus's birthplace. Earlier, pre-recorded messages calling for the besieged Palestinians to give up were played for half an hour.