1.   At one point, sustained blasts of automatic rifle fire forced Palestinian rock throwers to drop facedown in the streets for cover.

2.   But this generation of rock throwers is a bit different.

3.   But unlike some of his classmates, Gage was an organizer, not a rock thrower.

4.   For nearly two weeks, American officials have been watching the clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian rock throwers and gunmen.

5.   In the occupied territories, most journalists post press placards in hopes they will ward off Palestinian rock throwers on the roads.

6.   Israeli police said later that the officers were pursuing rock throwers.

7.   It was a rock thrower that consisted of two poles, a loop of rope and a twisting bar that acted as a lever to throw the rock.

8.   One rock thrower was Roh Khan, a young Afghan refugee.

9.   On Friday, soldiers fired on Palestinian rock throwers hiding in hills above the road and throwing boulders on passing Israeli vehicles.

10.   The injuries have taken him from the frontline of rock throwers, but he said the battle will rage on.