RAMALLAH, West Bank ? Palestinian officials said Friday that Israel must pull back its troops and lift sweeping travel restrictions before they would conduct an election that would require Yasser Arafat to face voters for the first time in six years.

Israeli officials said the conditions meant Arafat, who is under growing pressure from abroad and at home to reform his corrupt government, was not serious about facing the voters.

An angry Palestinian chants Islamic slogans while mourners carry the coffin of Izzedine Shamali, a member of Force 17, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's elite police force, during a funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. Shamali, a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, was killed during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers early Friday morning when he attacked the Jewish settlement of Dugit north of Gaza Strip.

In the West Bank and Gaza Strip, meanwhile, Israeli soldiers killed four people: an Israeli Arab woman who was shot dead when soldiers opened fire on her taxi, a 7-year-old boy who was killed during a stone-throwing incident and two armed Palestinians who tried to infiltrate into Israeli settlements.

Israeli troops also raided the battle-scarred Jenin refugee camp and detained dozens of Palestinians. An Israeli soldier was wounded, the army said. A Palestinian man was killed in an explosion of a homemade bomb that was planted in the camp by fighters last month, sources in the camp said.

Israel wrapped up a six-week military offensive against Palestinian militias in the West Bank last week, but has continued to carry out arrest raids, such as the one in the Jenin camp.

The incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas illustrate the difficulties the Palestinians would face in preparing for elections.

“We are looking to run the election within six months,” said Palestinian Planning Minister Nabil Shaath, adding that work had begun on putting together the roster of 1.6 million eligible voters.

“But these elections need an Israeli withdrawal to the places before Sept. 28, 2000,” Shaath added, referring to the date the current round of fighting erupted.

Such a withdrawal would require the Israelis to remove dozens of checkpoints and pull back forces outside of the major Palestinian cities. The checkpoints restrict most Palestinians to their home towns, cities or villages.

Such a pullback is also part of a U.S.-backed truce plan, whose author, CIA chief George Tenet, is expected to meet in the coming weeks with security officials from both sides.

Arafat, asked Friday whether elections could take place before an Israeli withdrawal, said: “Definitely not.”

“It is very difficult to have elections with occupation,” he added.

An Israeli official dismissed the Palestinian calls for a withdrawal.

“On the one hand he talks about reforms, now he has an excuse not to execute those reforms,” said Raanan Gissin, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. “He knows very well that as long as he doesn’t take any action against terrorism, the Israeli forces will have to remain there.”

Arafat is under pressure from the United States, the European Union and his own people to reform the corruption-ridden Palestinian Authority and to conduct elections.

Thursday, the Palestinian parliament demanded that the Cabinet be disbanded and a new one be formed within 45 days. It also called for elections by the beginning of 2003.