11.   Palestinians also reported Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis and the Israeli army reported Palestinian mortars being thrown in an apparently separate Gaza incident.

12.   Palestinian mortar attacks have triggered Israeli retaliation in the past, including rocket attacks and the razing of buildings.

13.   Also on Tuesday, the Israeli army reported Palestinian mortar fire and grenade attacks in the Gaza Strip during the night.

14.   Arafat also called for an end to Palestinian mortar attacks against Jewish settlements.

15.   Arafat added that Palestinian mortar attacks against Israel should also cease.

16.   But Israel indicated it would reject the plan, and violence persisted with a Palestinian mortar attack from Gaza on an Israeli town.

17.   But shortly after the Israelis pulled out of the town of Beit Hanoun on Saturday night, Palestinian mortar fire resumed, the army said.

18.   Earlier, the military reported Palestinian mortar and gunfire in the area, aimed at a Jewish settlement.

19.   Earlier in the day, little Ariel was critically wounded in a Palestinian mortar attack on the Jewish settlement of Atzmona in the Gaza Strip.

20.   Eyewitnesses said an explosion, apparently a Palestinian mortar shell exploding at a Jewish settlement, set off the fire fight near Khan Yunis.