11.   Speaking in Arabic after Friday prayers in Gaza, Arafat told reporters he is making every effort to stop Palestinian gunfire.

12.   The military said it was working to stop the gunfire.

13.   The settlers, among the most militant in the West Bank, have demanded that the military keep control of the hill to stop the gunfire.

14.   While Israelis presented it as a straightforward case of stopping gunfire on a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem, it was not that simple.

15.   Iraqi authorities called on the public to stop the gunfire and warned that those who continued would face criminal prosecution.