Israeli tanks encircle Arafat headquarters after six Israelis k

Saturday, January 19, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Two Israeli tanks and an armored personnel carrier parked outside Yasser Arafat's headquarters on Friday, confining the Palestinian leader to his office complex a day after a Palestinian gunman burst into a banquet hall and gunned down six Israelis.

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