41.   Someone was saying on the radio we were under mortar attack.

42.   The battles followed an unsuccessful Palestinian mortar attack on a Jewish settlement and a roadside bombing that injured a soldier.

43.   The Hamas decision, which also applied to mortar attacks against Israelis, appeared to be intended to relieve some of the military and diplomatic pressure on Arafat.

44.   The Israeli operation was undertaken in response to the mortar attack on Sderot.

45.   The Israeli operation was undertaken in response to the mortar attack on Sederot.

46.   The mortar attack resulted in no death or injuries, but sparked an intense gun battle and return fire from an Israeli tank.

47.   The mortar attack caused no casualties.

48.   The mortar attack was not the first on the predominantly Serb village.

49.   The Sarajevo siege lasted three years, with almost-daily sniper and mortar attacks that nearly leveled the city.

50.   The soldier who was killed was the first Israeli to die in a Palestinian mortar attack.