WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: After the Paris talks, the two sides said they were moving to separate their forces, and Israeli tanks began to pull back from some key flash points. But the latest cease- fire attempt gave way to fresh fighting Thursday. CNN's Brent Sadler reports from Gaza.</s>BRENT SADLER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A setting sun over Gaza, and the remains of a mostly peaceful day erupt into a gun battle. Heavy caliber Israeli fire targets Palestinian-controlled property used by rioters to stone an Israeli outpost. Burning tracer rounds pierce the buildings. The bout of fighting, shattering earlier hopes for calm, broke out after a day-long standoff. Long-range Israeli gunners target this road used by Palestinians to creep up and stone the Israeli military outpost at Nezarim (ph). An Israeli response, Palestinians claim another casualty. A subdued-looking Yasser Arafat returns home from talks in Egypt, holding out little more than hope that peace talks with Israel might get back on track.</s>YASSER ARAFAT, PRESIDENT, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: I hope so. But first of all, we have to stop the massacres against our people.</s>SADLER: Earlier a familiar pattern of confrontation was broken, but only for a short time with the appearance of a Palestinian security detail, carrying out orders, they said, to impose restrictions on access to the volatile area. It was in the aftermath of a previous day's firestorm around Nezarim Junction that Israeli and Palestinian leaders met, verbally agreeing to stop the fighting. (on camera): This heavily fortified Nezarim outpost is a fixed position: Israeli soldiers inside a focal point for recent deadly gun battles and a trail of destruction. (voice-over): But widely reported understandings between the two sides to honor an end to hostilities collapsed at dusk. There was free-for-all access to Palestinians, and an isolated, but no less deadly firefight. Brent Sadler, CNN, Gaza.
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks Collapse, More Violence Erupts