(AFP) - A police officer and a youth were hospitalized on Tuesday after Hamas forces clashed with hardline Islamists in the southern Gaza community of Al-Fukhari. Witnesses said both men suffered bullet wounds during an attempt by Gaza security forces to arrest two men from a Salafist group. The young man, believed to be a Salafist, was in serious condition, while the policeman's condition was not life threatening. A witness said a grenade was thrown at security forces, sparking the clashes.
In an unrelated incident Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement that "Ahmad Mansour, 30 and from Jabalia in northern Gaza, died on Monday night when a grenade exploded by accident."