After the Handshake

Since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat sealed their historic peace agreement on Sept. 13, hardly a week has gone by without a fatal clash between Palestinians and Israelis. The depressing chronology:

DATE PLACE DEATHS ALLEGED CIRCUMSTANCES

Sept. 14 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by Israeli Defense Forces after

stabbing Israeli soldier

Sept. 14 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian his explosive belt blew up

prematurely

Sept. 15 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF for failing to stop at

roadblock

Sept. 15 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF after opening fire at

checkpoint

Sept. 22 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by IDF in refugee-camp clash

Sept. 24 Israel 1 Israeli found stabbed, a leaflet from Hamas

(a militant Islamic group) on his

body

Sept. 26 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian his car bomb exploded prematurely

Oct. 2 Gaza Strip 2 Hamas gunmen killed by IDF during refugee-camp

shoot-out

Oct. 4 West Bank 1 Palestinian suicide bomber crashed his car into

Israeli bus

Oct. 5 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by Israeli undercover police

during clash

Oct. 5 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by IDF after hurling grenade at

soldiers

Oct. 9 West Bank 2 Israelis stabbed, bludgeoned and shot by

militant Islamic group

Oct. 15 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by IDF

Oct. 24 Gaza Strip 2 IDF soldiers shot by Hamas gunmen

Oct. 30 West Bank 1 Israeli found stabbed by Palestinian

attackers

Oct. 31 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF for failing to stop at

checkpoint

Oct. 31 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot in self-defense by stabbed

Israeli civilian

Nov. 2 West Bank 1 Palestinian his car bomb exploded prematurely

Nov. 7 West Bank 1 Israeli shot by Palestinian gunmen while

driving

Nov. 8 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF after opening fire on

army patrol

Nov. 9 Gaza Strip 1 Israeli Arab crushed by gunmen who drove stolen

garbage truck into his car

Nov. 12 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF for failing to stop at

roadblock

Nov. 13 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF for failing to stop at

roadblock

Nov. 15 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by Israeli civilian whom he had

attacked with an ax

Nov. 16 West Bank 1 Palestinian shot by IDF during stone-throwing

incident

Nov. 16 Gaza Strip 1 Palestinian shot by Israeli civilian defending

two Israelis whom the Palestinian had

stabbed

Nov. 17 Gaza Strip 1 Israeli stabbed by Palestinian

soldier

In addition, 13 Palestinians have been killed by Palestinian suspects