JERUSALEM: Israeli officials were preparing yesterday to head for Washington in a bid to secure US$12bil (RM45.6bil) in emergency aid ahead of an anticipated war on Iraq, as the United States again criticised its ally for its actions in the Palestinian territories.
Meanwhile, low-level violence continued on the ground, with five Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian wounded during fighting in the town of Jenin and the arrest of militants elsewhere in the West Bank.
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