61.   Since the start of the uprising in late September, five military police investigations have begun into cases of suspected illegal use of firearms, an army spokesman said.

62.   The army spokesman suggested that he might have been wounded, or that his rifle might have been struck by Israeli fire.

63.   The army also closed three Palestinian naval installations in the Gaza Strip, an army spokesman said.

64.   The army spokesman, Brigadier General Ron Kitrey, said Israel had taken careful aim.

65.   The guerrilla was identified as Hassam Salameh, whom Israeli army spokesmen described as deputy commander of the Qassam military wing of Hamas, the militant Islamic organization.

66.   The gun battle lasted more than an hour, preventing Israeli army helicopters from immediately evacuating the wounded soldiers, an army spokesman said.

67.   The Israeli army spokesman declined to confirm or deny the reports.

68.   The Pakistani army returned fire around midnight Monday, a Pakistani army spokesman said.

69.   The shots were fired by Palestinian police, Israeli army spokesmen asserted.

70.   The soldier and his commanding officer were reprimanded in a disciplinary hearing, and an army spokesman says an investigation by the Military Police is being considered.