A ceasefire is reported but the fighting continues. Six are killed. Both sides order military forces away from the flashpoint areas as seven more die. The death toll in the first week of the intifada climbs to 67. Three of the dead were Israelis.
Israeli tanks roll back from positions in West Bank.
Mr Arafat meets US secretary of state Madeline Albright and President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. Malaysia presents a draft UN resolution condemning the violence committed by Israeli security forces. Israel seals the West Bank and Gaza strip. Its troops storm a Jerusalem shrine after Palestinians hoist their flag. One killed in a clash with the police outside the shrine while nine die in the West Bank and Gaza.