Israeli Air Strike Wounds Hamas Leader

World | June 10, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
Israeli Air Strike Wounds Hamas Leader Palestinians gather around the car of militant Hamas leader Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi after it was attacked by Israeli helicopter missiles in Gaza City. Photo by AFP

A senior Hamas official, Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, has been wounded in an Israeli helicopter strike on Gaza City, Palestinian officials say. Mr Rantissi's jeep was driving down a busy city street when it was hit by several missiles and burst into flames, the sources said. Mr Rantissi is the top political leader of the Palestinian militant Islamist movement in Gaza City.

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