Bethlehem checkpoint, West Bank

1. Wide of Bethlehem checkpoint

2. Israeli soldier at tower

3. Israeli flag on checkpoint

4. Soldier checking Palestinian car

5. Woman passing through checkpoint

Qalandiya checkpoint, Ramallah, West Bank

6. Wide of cars lining at checkpoint

7. Poster of presidential candidate at checkpoint

8. Car driving pass barrier

9. Poster of Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Presidential candidate, with late

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat

10. Palestinian police men standing in streets

11. Shot of newspaper headlines

12. Wide of Ramallah street

Hawara checkpoint Nablus, West Bank

13. Israeli soldier letting Palestinian women cross the checkpoint

14. Soldier checking Palestinian car at checkpoint

15. More of Palestinian passing through checkpoint

16. Poster of Palestinian Presidential candidate Mustafa Barghouti in Nablus

17. Wide of Nablus streets and candidate posters

18. Pull back to top shot of Nablus

Ramallah, West Bank

19. Various of Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia in meeting with former US President Jimmy Carter

20. Qureia and Carter shaking hands

Israeli soldiers manned various checkpoints throughout the West Bank on Saturday, a day before presidential elections to replace late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

Palestinian officials complained that troop deployment and checkpoint procedures had not changed, despite a pledge by Israel to ease restrictions ahead of the vote.

At one Gaza checkpoint, hundreds of cars were waiting to cross on Saturday morning.

Palestinians reported that a 60-year-old taxi passenger was killed by army fire at the barrier. The army said soldiers fired at a gunman approaching on foot.

Israeli military officials said an effort was being made to speed up passage through roadblocks, but that security remained the top priority.

On Friday, Palestinian gunmen killed a soldier and wounded three in an ambush near the West Bank city of Nablus, prompting Israel to warn Palestinian leaders that it would reconsider its promise if an easing of restrictions is exploited by militants.

Israel delivered the warning through international observers headed by former US President Jimmy Carter and former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard, according to a spokesman for Carter's team, Les Campbell.

Observer teams were touring checkpoints on Saturday to see whether restrictions were indeed being eased, Campbell said.