Palestinian gunmen take
positions during an Israeli army operation in Rafah Tuesday. Eight
Palestinians were killed during an Israeli army raid in southern Gaza,
hours after two Israeli officers died in a grenade attack.
[AFP] |
The body of a
Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in Rafah. [AFP] |
Palestinians evacuate
kids during an Israeli army operation inside the Rafah refugee camp in the
Gaza Strip, December 23, 2003. Israeli troops and tanks swept into a Gaza
refugee camp Tuesday, killing eight Palestinians just hours after Israel
lost its first two soldiers in a month of relative calm that has spurred
peace efforts. [AFP] |
Israeli soldiers cry during the
funeral of 23-year-old Israeli army Lt. Alex Leonardo Wiseman in the city
of Afula, Northern Israel Tuesday Dec. 23 2003. Wiseman and another
Israeli officer were killed late Monday in an ambush by Palestinian gunmen
near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.
[AP] |