Israeli armoured vehicles have entered the Palestinian city of Hebron after the Israeli Army vowed to take control of the whole of the West Bank city.
Witnesses said the armoured vehicles entered Hebron from many directions shortly after nightfall.
Some have taken up positionsat road junctions and troops emerged onto the streets, whileother soldiers manned machineguns on top of the vehicles.
In addition to a number of armoured personnel carriers andother armoured vehicles, the witnesses saw one tank rumble intoHebron.
It was not clear whether any other tanks had entered thecity, home to about 450 Jewish settlers who live in heavily guarded enclaves alongside 130,000 Palestinians.
Israeli security sources said the army was implementing a decision to return to areas it left last month in a partial pullout from Hebron, which it had reoccupied in efforts to end the Palestinian intifada.
Twelve people were killed in Friday's attack.