Deadly Clashes in Gaza

World | May 11, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00
Deadly Clashes in Gaza Nine Palestinians are dead and around 120 injured as Israeli occupation troops rampage through a Gaza City neighbourhood following the deaths of six of their number during a dawn raid. Photo by Aljazeera.

Six Israeli soldiers and seven Palestinians were killed Tuesday in what Israel Defense Forces called a major operation in Gaza City to destroy workshops making Qassam rockets, according to the Israeli military and Palestinian hospital sources. Several hours later, three Palestinian groups -- the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Islamic Jihad and Hamas -- said they were holding body parts of two Israeli soldiers and intended to use them as bargaining chips in negotiations with Israel.

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