21.   Some of the fighters were gunned down while others were killed by alliance tank fire, UN officials said.

22.   Tank fire or bulldozers had peeled away stone walls, exposing some homes in cross-section.

23.   The army also said it was continuing to investigate the deaths of three Bedouin women hit by Israeli tank fire on Saturday in the Gaza strip.

24.   The Chechens attacked Russian soldiers with a few tanks and missile launchers, while the Russians responded with artillery, tank fire, assault helicopters and fighter-bombers.

25.   The fighting escalated rapidly from some random automatic rifle shots, exploding into a furious exchange of mortar and tank fire and sparking random gunfire all over the city.

26.   The Israeli army reportedly responded early Friday with tank fire at three Palestinian positions on the outskirts of nearby Ramallah.

27.   The Israeli military initially said the three were killed by tank fire after they fired at a military vehicle in a security zone near a Jewish settlement in Gaza.

28.   The Israeli response, according to the army, included tank fire at the Oasis Casino, a shimmering hotel complex in the Palestinian-controlled city.

29.   The pope extended his prepared text to offer prayer for a Palestinian infant, Iman Hoji, killed in the Gaza Strip Monday morning by Israeli tank fire.