11.   Macedonian police said the village had been emptied of civilians before the bombardment began.

12.   Macedonian police at their front line in Kuckovo, just across a ridge, said the village had been emptied of civilians before the bombardment began.

13.   Macedonian police at their front lines in Kuckovo, just across a ridge, said the village had been emptied of civilians before the bombardment began.

14.   Most of the victims had been in the bouri hut when the Israeli bombardment began.

15.   The bombardment began in the afternoon, with hundreds of shells fired by Israeli howitzer batteries in the enclave.

16.   There was no word when the bombardment would begin, but it was expected soon.

17.   Intense bombardments began at dawn, after the collapse of a ceasefire called by breakaway southern leaders to start at midnight Sunday.

18.   Intense bombardments began at dawn with the collapse of the seventh ceasefire in the war, and became even heavier in the afternoon.

19.   About an hour later, the massive bombardment began.

20.   Bombardments began anew early Sunday morning, said Udugov.