1.   Amid the tension, Lebanese army gunners in the southern coastal city of Sidon opened up Wednesday on Israeli gunboats offshore.

2.   Bosnian Serb forces last week attempted to neutralize Bosnian army gunners there who were targeting a strategically important Serb road.

3.   Earlier Thursday, Lebanese army anti-aircraft gunners fired at Israeli warplanes flying reconnaissance missions over southern and Mount Lebanon, an army statement said.

4.   In the first raid, warplanes flew as far as Beirut and its suburbs, drawing antiaircraft fire from Lebanese army gunners, witnesses said.

5.   Lebanese army gunners in Sidon fired Wednesday on Israeli gunboats offshore.

6.   Lebanese army anti-aircraft gunners opened fire on the raiding jets, but missed, the Lebanese officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

7.   Lyndsay Tymms, a former army gunner, said the attack came as a complete surprise.

8.   Rebels and army artillery gunners exchanged fire on Friday, as government forces moved further toward the center of a northern insurgent stronghold.

9.   The aircraft, dropping missile-deflecting balloons, drew heavy anti-aircraft fire from Lebanese army gunners around the airport.

10.   The communique added that army gunners fired anti-aircraft guns at the raiding aircraft.