GAZA, JULY 5 (SPA) - CLASHES BROKE OUT ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN PALESTINIAN GUNMEN AND ISRAELI FORCES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE NORTH GAZA TOWN OF BEIT HANOUN, REUTERS QUOTED WITNESSES AS SAYING. THE GUNMEN FIRED AT LEAST TWO ANTI-TANK ROCKETS AT AN ISRAELI TANK, AND PALESTINIAN YOUTHS THREW STONES AT ISRAELI FORCES, WHO TOOK OVER SEVERAL HOUSES IN THE AREA AS PART OF AN OPERATION TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF A CAPTIVE ISRAELI SOLDIER. THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES IN THE CLASHES. --SPA 05/07/2006 15:35 ت م www.spa.gov.sa/373486