51.   Brig. Gen. Abdel Razek el-Majaida, a Palestinian security commander, said Israeli tanks fired shells and machine guns at Rafah to cover the operation.

52.   But it turned bloody when battle tanks fired artillery shells and an Israeli helicopter gunship strafed the area, apparently in an effort to scare away the approaching civilians.

53.   By daybreak, after Israeli troops settled into their new positions, tanks periodically fired toward Palestinians trying to approach the area.

54.   But there were several instances this year in which Israeli tanks fired such bombs on Lebanese villages along its northern border.

55.   Congressman Marcelo Duarte, who was inside Congress at the time, told local radio the tanks fired at least two shots at the building.

56.   During the demolition, Israeli tanks fired machine guns toward the area and a tank shell hit a Palestinian police station, the witnesses said.

57.   Explosions and bursts of anti-aircraft fire rang through nearby hills, and two tanks fired shells toward a mountainside.

58.   Flags flew and old Soviet tanks fired practice rounds into arid hillsides in a display of strength.

59.   Flags fluttered in the brisk wind and old Soviet tanks fired practice rounds into arid hillsides north of Kabul in a display of strength.

60.   Flags flew and tanks fired practice rounds into arid hillsides in a display of strength.