1.   Gunfire exchanges in the Gaza Strip intensified after the killing of Ayyad on Tuesday.

2.   That was when Israeli and Palestinian soldiers engaged in extended gunfire exchanges in the West Bank.

3.   Belligerent statements and gunfire exchanges are common.

4.   But while the province was reported mostly quiet, there are continuing scattered reports of gunfire exchanges between Serb forces and ethnic Albanian militants.

5.   Gunfire exchanges also were reported Thursday near Aracinovo, an ethnic Albanian stronghold on the outskirts of Skopje.

6.   Gunfire exchanges again were heard Monday at the Church of the Nativity, where an Anglican envoy said the situation was steadily worsening.

7.   Gunfire exchanges and sniper strikes in Nablus, another northern West Bank hotspot, left eight Palestinians dead.

8.   Heavy gunfire exchanges between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers left four Palestinians wounded.

9.   However, there have been periodic gunfire exchanges in the past two weeks, most recently Tuesday night, when tracer bullets and flares lighted up the sky.

10.   Israeli tanks move into West Bank village near Jerusalem after gunfire exchange, witnesses say.