A Reuters reporter stated that the rebels held the city center with no signs of ongoing heavy fighting, though occasional gunfire could be heard.

Beirut was quiet except for occasional gunfire today as a Soviet envoy pursued efforts for a cease-fire.

The streets were more crowded here, and noisy with the sound of fighting and occasional recreational gunfire.

She could hear movement and people shouting, as well as occasional gunfire and animals growling.

The next four or five minutes were a maelstrom of fog and death, screams and blood-slippery earth, hacked limbs and occasional gunfire.

Outside, he could hear occasional gunfire.

There was shouting in the distance and occasional gunfire, though she had no idea what the mercenaries were shooting at.

The surrounding streets can sometimes introduce disturbing hazards, like the rattle of occasional gunfire.

It was rough, she said, but she kept her head - even when she heard occasional gunfire.

She said that except for continuing occasional gunfire and military patrols "it doesn't seem like final or decisive battle for the capital".