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  • Islamist leader among 24 killed in Gaza fighting

    08/15/2009 1:20:23 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 18 replies · 1,131+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 8/15/09 | Adel Zaanoun
    GAZA CITY (AFP) – A radical sheikh was among 24 people killed and 130 wounded after Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque when he declared an Islamic emirate in the Palestinian enclave, medics said on Saturday. The shooting erupted on Friday afternoon following weekly prayers in Rafah, on the Egyptian border, and continued until dawn on Saturday. "Clashes... between Hamas and an extremist group in the southern Gaza Strip left 24 people dead and at least 130 wounded," a spokesman for the Palestinian emergency services told AFP. Four of the wounded were considered to be "clinically dead" and many more...