Fierce fighting had raged there through the previous night, with the two Afghan groups trading fire.

They traded fire for a few minutes in a surprisingly sporting way, then gave up.

The grenadiers deployed into line and advanced, slowly trading fire.

Israel pulled out of southern Lebanon three years ago, but the sides still trade fire across the border.

The two sides traded fire well into dusk.

"And what reason have you to wish us well, after having traded fire with us?"

The stand-off quickly escalated into all out battle with both sides trading fire using automatic weapons.

The officers traded fire with the men, who fled, leaving behind five weapons.

Since then, the Israelis and Palestinians have been trading daily fire.

- "Military and police traded fire with those individuals, those bands but few people were killed."