41.   Israeli forces and Palestinian police inside exchanged heavy gunfire throughout the day, and four police officers were killed.

42.   Israeli forces and Palestinian police inside exchanged heavy gunfire, and four police officers were killed.

43.   Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police exchanged heavy gunfire at Erez in one of several gun battles in the West Bank and Gaza over a three-day period.

44.   Israeli tanks and armored vehicles came under heavy Palestinian gunfire, and shot back with shells and machine guns, they added.

45.   It was impossible to verify his claims because heavy gunfire forced reporters to turn back.

46.   Later, the city itself came under attack, with outgoing and incoming mortars and heavy gunfire trapping reporters and aid workers in their hotels.

47.   Maj. Gen. Nasser Yousef said Israeli troops in the town of Khan Younis responded with heavy gunfire, but no one was injured.

48.   Masked armed men also exchanged heavy gunfire with security forces in the central Liquatabad area, but there were no immediate reports of causalities, witnesses said.

49.   Militiamen of their two opposing groups briefly traded heavy gunfire, but no casualties were reported.

50.   One settler bled to death waiting for army rescuers who could not breach the heavy gunfire on Mount Ebal overlooking Nablus, security officials said.