41.   The continuing support for NATO came as Serb troops dug new outposts in the hills surrounding the border crossings, where they had fired mortar shells the night before.

42.   The Israeli army said a tank had fired the shells after armed men were spotted in an area under Israeli security control.

43.   The Israelis said that three mortar shells were fired at a settlement in Gaza after a four-day lull in attacks.

44.   The shells were generally fired from Grabez plateau to the east, now taken by the Bosnian army.

45.   The shell could be fired from an artillery piece or a naval gun.

46.   The shell is fired into a screen covering the plant tissue in a petri dish, dispersing DNA.

47.   They fired incendiary shells into the homes, engulfing them in flames.

48.   Though a Palestinian man displayed what appeared to be a tank shell, the Israeli colonel said there no shells were fired.

49.   Overnight, Palestinians fired mortar shells at an Israeli military outpost and a Jewish settlement in Gaza and set off an explosive near another base.

50.   Palestinian militants earlier fired mortar shells at a Jewish settlement, and five Israeli tanks responded by rumbling into Palestinian territory, witnesses said.