31.   He said that at least four of his comrades had been wounded by the mortar shell.

32.   His friends and neighbors beg for help with the gaping holes left by falling mortar shells.

33.   Housing officials say virtually every house and building has been blasted by bullets and mortar shells over the past seven years.

34.   In addition to destroying several hundred rounds of mortar shells and bullets, the men said they had carted off five bags filled with documents.

35.   In another ominous development Monday, Palestinians fired mortar shells from Gaza into an Israeli town in the adjacent Negev Desert.

36.   In new violence Thursday, Palestinians fired mortar shells at an Israeli settlement just north of here.

37.   In the last several weeks, Islamic militants and other Palestinian militias have launched crudely fashioned mortar shells into Jewish settlements in Gaza and into towns in Israel.

38.   Israel again bombed southern Lebanon, and Shiite Muslim guerrillas continued firing mortar shells at Israeli outposts.

39.   Israel once again bombed southern Lebanon, and Shiite Muslim guerrillas continued firing mortar shells at Israeli outposts.

40.   It is gritty stuff, showing how warriors respond to a relentless diet of bullets and mortar shells, death and ghastly injuries.