51. Firing tank shells and machine guns to cover their thrust, the Israelis battled Palestinian gunmen who fired anti-tank grenades and automatic weapons, witnesses reported. 52. First, Israelis are demanding that Arafat put an end to demonstrations and that he order Palestinian gunmen to stop firing on Israeli troops. 53. For months now, Palestinian gunmen and Jewish residents there have been taking potshots at each other. 54. For the second night, Palestinian gunmen fired at the Gilo suburb of Jerusalem and Israeli troops fired back from tanks and helicopters, but no deaths were reported. 55. For the first time, Israeli troops entered Manger Square in Bethlehem, surrounding the Church of the Nativity, where scores of Palestinian gunmen took refuge. 56. Four Israelis were injured, two of them critically, when at least one Palestinian gunman on Saturday infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the northern Gaza Strip. 57. Four or five Palestinian gunmen opened fire and killed them all. 58. Friday night, Palestinian gunmen clashed again with Israeli forces near here. 59. Four Palestinian teenagers were fatally shot in clashes with Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli woman. 60. Gilis was shot dead Thursday night in a drive-by shooting by Palestinian gunmen. |