GAZA GUN BATTLE

Palestinian police officers take \ncover during a gunbattle with Palestinian gunmen on the road leading to the Erez crossing \nbetween the Gaza Strip and Israel near the village of Beit Hanoun Monday March 20, 2006. Palestinian policemen exchanged fire with three dozen gunmen affiliated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party that, demanding jobs or payment after being recently admitted in the security forces, were \nblocking the road. Two gunmen and a policeman were wounded in the incident. The firefight erupted along a road Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas needed to use to leave the Gaza Strip Monday.