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PHOTO BY ZACH HAIM/KRT CAMPUS Israeli troops and their armored vehicles wait to enter Bethlehem on Tuesday. Mideast CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Saturday for an immediate with drawal from Palestinian areas. But Powell noted that the Israeli’leader has yet to set a timetable for a pullback and Bush has not demanded one. “The pres ident doesn’t give orders to a sov ereign prime minister of another country,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” On another front, there were exchanges of fire between Lebanese guerrillas and the Israeli military Sunday. Six Israeli soldiers were wounded, the mili tary said. In a phone conversation late Sunday, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres asked Powell to in tervene with Lebanon and Syria to calm the border. They also dis cussed possibilities for a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, according to a state ment from Peres’office. At the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Sharon defended the offensive, calling it “a war for our homes.” “We have no interest in drag ging it out, but we have to do the job,” Sharon told Israel TV. With international pressure mounting and the U.N. Security Council scheduling consultations on the crisis later Sunday, there were hints of friction between the Israeli government and its mili tary command. Officers sought more time for the West Bank mili tary operation, but Cabinet minis ters talked of bringing it to an end. Israeli troops have taken over most Palestinian population cen ters in the West Bank in their 10 day-old offensive, Israel’s biggest in two decades. But the fighters in Jenin and Nablus have prevented the Israelis from taking full con trol of the cities and conducting house-to-house searches for mili tants, as has been the case else where in the West Bank. Powell said both sides would have to do more to end the fighting. “Until the violence goes down at least to a level where you can see that both sides are acting in a responsible way and trying to co operate in a cease-fire, you’re not going to get to a peace agreement,” Powell said. He said he would meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat “if circumstances permit” — de pending on security, access and the meeting agenda. Palestinians said gunmen held Israeli troops at bay on the edge of the Old City in Nablus, with its winding, dusty alleys and close packed buildings, ideal locations for snipers. Israel called in attack helicopters to fight the entrenched gunmen. Israeli tanks were shelling tar gets in Nablus on Sunday after noon, witnesses said. At least 14 Palestinians were killed during the day’s fighting, Palestinians said. Nablus Governor Mahmoud Aloul said there were dead bodies in an old mosque and 65 of the wounded were receiving treat ment there because ambulances could not get in. Israel has barred reporters from Nablus and other areas where the military is operating in the West Bank, though the mea sure has not been enforced con sistently. There was also fierce fighting in the Jenin refugee camp, 25 miles north of Nablus, where the militant Hamas group said one of its local leaders, Ashraf Abu A1 Haijga, was killed in a gunfight with the Israelis. Since the Israeli incursion be gan March 29, more than 95 Palestinians have been killed in West Bank fighting, along with more than 10 Israeli soldiers. Also, 1,413 Palestinians have been de tained, including 361 who were on Israel’s wanted lists, and more than 1,400 rifles have been confiscated, the military said in a statement. Interested in Medical School? Take a Free MCAT and Attend a Free MCAT Strategy Session. 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