Photos.Palestine under seige.Wednesday, January, 2009

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Holocausting the gentiles on New Year's Day

Smoke rises from explosion after an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip near the border with Israel, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

An explosion is seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (GAZA)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A protestor wearing a skull mask is seen through a flag during a protest by Muslim students against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, in Mumbai January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman Rayan on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

An explosion following an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip is seen from the Israeli side of the border, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated Hamas strongman Nizar Rayan, on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

sraeli soldiers stand on top of an armored vehicle as a crop duster flies behind a staging area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Palestinians run from the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated Hamas strongman Rayan on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians stand at the scene after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Palestinians survey the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in the air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Smoke rises following an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated Hamas strongman Rayan on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman Rayan on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive even as it declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) is greeted by her French counterpart Bernard Kouchner at the Elysee Palace before a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris January 1, 2009. Livni, on a visit to Paris on Thursday, reiterated her government's rejection of a French-proposed ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to allow in humanitarian aid, her office said. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni waves as she arrives at the Elysee Palace before a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris January 1, 2009. Livni, on a visit to Paris on Thursday, reiterated her government's rejection of a French-proposed ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to allow in humanitarian aid, her office said. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE

An Israeli soldier walks in front of tanks and armored vehicles in a staging area near Israel's border with Gaza, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) waves as she is greeted by her French counterpart Bernard Kouchner at the Elysee Palace before a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris January 1, 2009. Livni, on a visit to Paris on Thursday, reiterated her government's rejection of a French-proposed ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to allow in humanitarian aid, her office said. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE)

Palestinian women react during the funeral of Ali Lahobi, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Khaled Omar)

A Palestinian man shouts as the body of a boy is carried from the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)

A Palestinian firefighter gestures at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Trails of smoke are seen after the launch of rockets from the southern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. Hours before the killing, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist", his words backed by a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip but challenged by rockets that have killed four people in southern Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (GAZA)

A trail of smoke is seen after the launch of a rocket from the southern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (GAZA)

An Israeli soldier sits beside a mortar launcher just outside the southern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

A Palestinian carries the body of a boy killed after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)

A Palestinian medic carries a wounded boy after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)

A protester carries a shoe, right, in reference to the action of an Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush, while others shouts anti-Israeli slogans and carry a Palestinian flag during a demonstration to protest the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, at the Mohammed VI avenue in Casablanca, Morocco,Thursday January 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Smoke rises from a building in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign on Saturday, Gaza health officials said. The U.N. says the Gaza death toll includes more than 60 civilians, 34 of them children. Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in rocket attacks that have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing one-eighth of Israel's population within rocket range. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

A Palestinian firefighter works at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

A Palestinian man shouts at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Israeli women react after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the northern Gaza Strip hit the city of Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Avi Roccah)

While a boy holds a poster supporting Palestinians in Gaza an Iranian student wearing a white shroud indicating his willingness to give his life to defend Gaza walks past a representation of the Statue of Liberty during a demonstration inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded to their calls. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Palestinians stand at the scene after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Palestinian women react during the funeral of Ali Lahobi, who was kiled in an Israeli missile strike, in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip troops, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Hatem Omar, MaanImages)

Iranian students seeking to go to Gaza pray during an anti-Israel demonstration inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded to their calls. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

sraeli fighter jets deploy anti-missile defense flares while flying over the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Iranian students seeking to go to Gaza kiss the Quran during an anti-Israel demonstration inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded to their calls. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

AN Israeli fighter jet deploys anti missile defense flares over the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Iranian students seeking to go to Gaza pass under the Quran during an anti-Israel demonstration inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Volunteer suicide groups have made similar requests in the past and the government never responded to their calls. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

A Palestinian firefighter works on the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed the senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

An Israeli fighter jet shoots flares over the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Smoke trails from rockets fired by Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel are seen Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

A smoke trail from a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel is seen Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

In this Sept. 15, 2007 file photo senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan, center, seen during Hamas military exercise in the Jebaliya Refugee Camp, northern Gaza Strip. Gaza's ruling Hamas group says Rayan has been killed in an Israeli airstrike. This is the first time aircraft have targeted a high-level member of Hamas since Israel launched a bruising offensive in Gaza on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Hardline Iranian students shout anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans as others hold shoes during an anti-Israel rally in front of the British embassy in Tehran January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN)

Qatar's Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi (C) attends a protest against Israel over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR)

Jordanian military paramedics helps an injured Palestinian from Gaza at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Jan. 1. 2009. Eight injured Palestinians from Gaza arrived on a Jordanian military aircraft from El Arish airport to receive medical treatment in Amman. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

An explosion is seen as missiles fired from an Israeli aircraft fly towards a target in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign on Saturday, Gaza health officials said. The U.N. says the Gaza death toll includes more than 60 civilians, 34 of them children. Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in rocket attacks that have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing one-eighth of Israel's population within rocket range. (AP Photo/Gil Nechushtan)

An injured Palestinian man from Gaza is loaded onto an ambulance upon arrival at Amman airport January 1, 2009. Several Palestinians wounded in Israel's attacks on Gaza arrived in Amman for medical treatment from Egypt's Al-Arish on a Jordanian military aircraft, according to news agencies. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN

A Palestinian woman, holding a picture, chants slogans against Israel during a protest over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR

A Palestinian woman chants slogans against Israel during a protest over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR)

A Palestinian woman shouts in front of houses damaged after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israeli warplanes attacked government buildings in the Gaza Strip on New Year's Day after Israel and its Islamist Hamas foe both spurned ceasefire calls in a conflict that has killed about 400 Palestinians. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

A photographer takes pictures of a street damaged after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israeli warplanes attacked government buildings in the Gaza Strip on New Year's Day after Israel and its Islamist Hamas foe both spurned ceasefire calls in a conflict that has killed about 400 Palestinians. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A wounded Palestinian man is carried to al-Shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians take part in a candlelight rally, against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 31, 2008. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

A man walks past the destroyed Palestinian parliament building after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian man shouts in front of a house destroyed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israeli warplanes attacked government buildings in the Gaza Strip on New Year's Day after Israel and its Islamist Hamas foe both spurned ceasefire calls in a conflict that has killed about 400 Palestinians. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian man walks past a mosque destroyed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan (C) inspects Hamas militants as they participate in a training exercise in the northern Gaza Strip in this September 15, 2007 file picture. (Suhaib Salem/Files/Reuters)

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) visits the situation room in the southern city of Beersheba January 1, 2009, in this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO). (Moshe Milner/GPO/Handout/Reuters)

A Palestinian carries a television as he walks in the ruins of a destroyed office of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians look at destroyed tunnels after an Israeli air strike on the Gaza-Egypt frontier in the southern Gaza Strip December 31, 2008. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Map showing the principal attacks on day six of Israel's assault on Gaza. Israel killed a top Hamas commander on Thursday in the biggest blow yet against the Islamist leadership as dozens more air strikes on Gaza took the death toll from the six-day blitz above 400. (AFP/Graphic)

Members of the Palestinian civil defence services work on the rubble of the destroyed house of Hamas leader of Nizar Rayan following an Israeli air strike in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel killed a top Hamas commander on Thursday in the biggest blow yet against the Islamist leadership as dozens more air strikes on Gaza took the death toll from the six-day blitz above 400. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border. Israel killed a top Hamas commander on Thursday in the biggest blow yet against the Islamist leadership as dozens more air strikes on Gaza took the death toll from the six-day blitz above 400. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Palestinian Hamas leader Nizar Rayan addresses a press conference in Gaza City in 2005. Israel launched dozens of New Year air and sea strikes Thursday on Gaza, killing senior Hamas leader Rayan as the death toll from their six-day-old blitz spiralled above 400. (AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)

A left-wing activist takes part in a protest outside the official residence of Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem, against Israel's offensive in Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (JERUSALEM)

Fireworks explode over the towers of the St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, January 1, 2009. The Czech Republic took the helm of the European Union on Thursday and tried to allay doubts over its ability to lead with a plan to seek a ceasefire to the worst violence between Israel and Palestinians in decades. REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC)

Wounded Palestinian boys are treated following an Israeli missile strike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday, killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army said it also was poised to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra

A Palestinian woman reacts next to wounded members of her family sitting on a hospital bed following an Israeli missile strike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday, killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army said it also was poised to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

A wounded Palestinian man is rushed for treatment at Shifa hospital following an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday, killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army said it also was poised to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

Israeli children wake up after spending the night in a bomb shelter in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Gaza, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza have hit Beersheba in recent days, reflecting the increasing sophistication of Hamas' arsenal. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill

Israelis take cover in a stairwell as a warning siren for incoming rockets is sounded in the port city of Ashdod January 1, 2009. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday said Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist", his words backed by a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip but challenged by rockets that have killed four people in southern Israel. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

An Israeli soldier (R, on crane) surveys the damage to an apartment building at the scene of a rocket attack in the port city of Ashdod January 1, 2009. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday said Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist", his words backed by a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip but challenged by rockets that have killed four people in southern Israel. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL

sraeli soldiers stand at the scene of a rocket attack in the port city of Ashdod January 1, 2009. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday said Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist", his words backed by a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip but challenged by rockets that have killed four people in southern Israel. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

Masked Palestinian Fatah supporters participate in a rally marking the 44th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement as well as protesting against Israel's military operation in Gaza in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign on Saturday, Gaza health officials said. The U.N. says the Gaza death toll includes more than 60 civilians, 34 of them children. Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in rocket attacks that have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing one-eighth of Israel's population within rocket range. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi

A Jordanian woman shouts anti-Israel slogans in Amman, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN)

Jordanians shout anti-Israel slogans in Amman, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN)

Israelis look out towards the northern Gaza Strip from a hill near the southern town of Sderot during an air strike January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (ISRAEL)

Bombs fall as an explosion is seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in a separate air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Gil Nahushtan (GAZA). ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy takes leave of Israeli foreign ministerTzipi Livni following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Tzipi Livni's visit to Paris offered Nicolas Sarkozy an opportunity to discuss solutions proposed by EU foreign ministers to the Gaza violence. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

A Palestinian firefighter works at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive even as it declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

The New Year in Gaza began Thursday with air strikes as Israeli jets pounded Hamas targets for a sixth day, while the Islamists vowed to fight to the end and the death toll from the blitz hit 400. (AFPTV)

A man carries a wounded boy into Gaza Citys al-Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in the Jabalia refugee camp. Israel launched dozens of New Year air and sea strikes on Thursday on Gaza, killing a senior Hamas leader as the death toll from their six-day-old blitz spiralled above 400. (AFP/Yasser Saymeh)

A Palestinian Christian boy prays during a mass service in support of Gaza at the Latin Holy Family Church in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 31, 2008. Israel launched dozens of New Year air and sea strikes Thursday on Gaza, killing a senior Hamas leader as the death toll from their six-day-old blitz spiralled above 400. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Israeli soldiers prepare their weapons as they deploy on the northern border with the Gaza Strip. Israel Thursday launched New Year strikes by air and sea on battered Gaza that took the death toll from its blitz on Hamas to 402, as Islamist militants relatiated with volleys of rocket fire. (AFP/Jack Guez)

A map of Israel's assault on Gaza. Hamas vowed to fight "until the last breath" if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault. (AFP/Graphic/Francis Nallier / Sophie Ramis)

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Palestinians and firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive even as it declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Palestinians and firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive even as it declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

An Israeli F-15 fighter jet flies over the northern Gaza Strip after firing a weapons system January 1, 2009. Israel on Thursday killed a senior Hamas political leader in an air strike in the Gaza Strip, the first such attack in its six-day-old offensive. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (GAZA)

A Palestinian woman reacts at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel assassinated the Hamas strongman Rayan on Thursday in its first assault on the top leadership of the territory's ruling group, escalating a crushing aerial offensive. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Iranian anti riot police officers prevent protestors from approaching the Jordanian embassy during an anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line student groups appealed to the Iranian government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. (AP photo/MEHR, Sajjad safari)

n this Aug. 5, 2005 file photo Hamas leader Nizar Rayan marches during a protest in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel assassinated Rayan Thursday Jan. 1, 2009 by dropping a one-ton bomb on his house, also killing two of his wives and four of his children. This first assault on the top leadership of Gaza's ruling group escalated a crushing aerial offensive even as Israel declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)

A Palestinian firefighter shouts at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Combination photo shows bombs falling and exploding (from top to bottom) during an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (GAZA)

Lawyers burn an effigy of Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert along with flags of the U.S., Israel and the United Nations in Multan, during a protest against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (PAKISTAN)

An Iranian student sets a flame to a picture of Egypt's President Mubarak during an anti-Israel demonstration outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line student groups appealed to the Iranian government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. (AP photo/MEHR, Sajjad safari)

A Palestinian medic carries a wounded girl to the treatment room of Shifa hospital following an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign, Gaza health officials said. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

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An Iranian student sets a flame to a picture of U.S. President Bush, left and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, during an anti-Israel demonstration outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line student groups appealed to the Iranian government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. (AP photo/MEHR, Sajjad safari)

Bombs fall during an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (GAZA)

EBombs fall during an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (GAZA

WExplosions are seen after an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (GAZA)

In this file photo from Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, a Palestinian militant from the Al Nasser Brigades, an armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees with ties to the Islamic group Hamas, shows the explosive tips of homemade rockets during a display at a storage facility in Gaza City. Most of the Hamas rockets targeted at Israel are thrown together in small metal shops in densely populated areas of Gaza. But a growing number are more sophisticated, longer-range weapons, believed put together from parts thought to originate in Syria or Iran, and smuggled in through Egyptian tunnels. Despite that new capacity, Hamas is still far beyond another anti-Israeli militant group, Hezbollah, in its rocket capabilities. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer,File)

A Palestinian rescue worker shouts after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 31, 2008. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

A wounded Palestinian girl is carried into al-Shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Saleh Salem/Reuters)

Explosions are seen after an Israeli air strike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, January 1, 2009. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)

Palestinian firefighters work at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians stand at the scene after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians take part in a candlelight rally, against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 31, 2008. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Palestinians carry the body of Ismail Hamdan, 11, during his funeral in Beit Hanoun northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Hamdan was killed Wednesday after he was injured Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike. His two sisters, Haya, 12, and Lama, 4, were killed Tuesday by the airstrike. (AP Photo/Adel Hana

Palestinian relatives of Ismail Hamdan, 11, mourn during his funeral in Beit Hanoun northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Hamdan was killed Wednesday after he was injured Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike. His two sisters, Haya, 12, and Lama, 4, were killed Tuesday by the airstrike. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Palestinian mourners, carry the body of Mohammed Khawaja, 19, during his funeral procession in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Mohammed was shot by Israeli troops on Sunday during a violent protest against Israel's deadly air campaign against Gaza militants, and died of his wounds yesterday's night. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Jordanian military doctor Abdel Latif al-Waraikat (L) examines an injured Palestinian man from Gaza at Queen Alia Military Hospital in Amman January 1, 2009. Several Palestinians wounded in Israel's attacks on Gaza arrived in Amman for medical treatment from Egypt's Al-Arish on a Jordanian military aircraft, according to news agencies. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

An injured Palestinian man from Gaza arrives on an ambulance at Queen Alia Military Hospital in Amman January 1, 2009. Several Palestinians wounded in Israel's attacks on Gaza arrived in Amman for medical treatment from Egypt's Al-Arish on a Jordanian military aircraft, according to news agencies. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Jordanian military paramedics helps an inured Palestinian from Gaza at Marka airport in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Jan. 1. 2009. Eight injured Palestinians from Gaza arrived on a Jordanian military aircraft from El Arish airport to receive medical treatment in Amman. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Ghosh

Qataris and Palestinians chant slogans against Israel during a protest over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR)

Kuwait's Mohammed Al-Awadi speaks during a protest against Israel over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR)

A Jordanian woman shouts anti-Israel slogans in Amman, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN)

Jordanians shout anti-Israel slogans in Amman, during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN)

Iranian anti riot police officers prevent protestors from approaching the Jordanian embassy during an anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran, on Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line student groups appealed to the Iranian government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. (AP photo/Kian Amani)

In this Aug. 5, 2005 file photo Hamas leader Nizar Rayan marches during a protest in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel assassinated Rayan Thursday Jan. 1, 2009 by dropping a one-ton bomb on his house, also killing two of his wives and four of his children. This first assault on the top leadership of Gaza's ruling group escalated a crushing aerial offensive even as Israel declared itself ready to launch a ground invasion. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)

A Palestinian man shouts at the scene of an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian wounded in the recent Israeli air strikes, lies in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian carries a television as he walks in the ruins of a destroyed office of senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinians stand at the scene after an Israeli air strike on the home of senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters) Photo Tools

Iranian hardline students attend a rally inside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran to condemn the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1, 2009. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

A wounded Palestinian man is carried to al-Shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet flies over the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel killed a senior Hamas leader in an air attack on his home on Thursday, striking its first deadly blow against the top ranks of the Islamist group in a Gaza offensive that has claimed more than 400 Palestinian lives. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (GAZA)

Israeli soldiers stand on top of an armored vehicle as a crop duster flies behind a staging area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Protesters carry shoes, in reference to the action of an Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush, during a demonstration to protest the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, at the Mohammed VI avenue in Casablanca, Morocco,Thursday January 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Smoke rises from a building in Beit Lahiya northern Gaza Strip, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign on Saturday, Gaza health officials said. The U.N. says the Gaza death toll includes more than 60 civilians, 34 of them children. Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in rocket attacks that have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing one-eighth of Israel's population within rocket range. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

Palestinians wait in line to buy bread at a bakery in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hardline Iranian students shout anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans as they attend a rally in front of the British embassy in Tehran to condemn the Israeli attacks on Gaza January 1 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN

People with Tunisian and Palestinian flags, shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration to protest the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, during a protest in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Palestinians wait in line to buy bread outside a bakery in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Lebanese protester, shouts pro-Palestinians slogans with a banner calling for help from the people of the world, during a demonstration held by the Islamic groups to protest Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is urging Arabs to support Palestinian 'resistance' in Gaza to prove Israel cannot break the will of the Arab people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant, Ali Al Hobi, react in the family house during his funeral in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded since Israel embarked on its aerial campaign on Saturday, Gaza health officials said. The U.N. says the Gaza death toll includes more than 60 civilians, 34 of them children. Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in rocket attacks that have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing one-eighth of Israel's population within rocket range. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba

A Palestinian woman chants anti-Israeli slogans during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah against Israel's offensive in Gaza December 31, 2008. (Fadi Arouri/Reuters)

Iranian volunteer students, some wearing white shrouds indicating their willingness to give their lives to defend Gaza, pray, during an anti-Israel demonstration inside former U.S embassy, in Tehran, Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Hard-line student groups appealed to the Iranian government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

A Lebanese protester, wears a head band with Arabic words reads:'Al-Kassam brigade,' as she shouts pro-Hamas slogans during a demonstration held by the Islamic groups to protest Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, near the U.S Embassy in Aukar north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is urging Arabs to support Palestinian 'resistance' in Gaza to prove Israel cannot break the will of the Arab people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Iranian riot police stop protesters demonstrating against the Israeli attacks in Gaza from entering the Jordanian embassy in northern Tehran January 1, 2009. Iranian students scuffled with riot police near the Jordanian embassy on Thursday after some hardline groups threatened to seize the building in the latest protest linked to Israel's attacks in Gaza. REUTERS/Jamejam Online/Chavosh Homavandi (IRAN) Photo Tools

A hardline Iranian student, injured during a demonstration in front of the Jordanian embassy, is being assisted by another student in Tehran January 1, 2009. Iranian students scuffled with riot police near the Jordanian embassy on Thursday after some hardline groups threatened to seize the building in the latest protest linked to Israel's attacks in Gaza. REUTERS/Jamejam Online/Chavosh Homavandi (IRAN)

Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Lebanese protesters, hold a banner as they shout pro-Palestinians slogans during a demonstration held by the Islamic groups to protest Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, near the U.S Embassy in Aukar north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Jan. 1, 2009. Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is urging Arabs to support Palestinian 'resistance' in Gaza to prove Israel cannot break the will of the Arab people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israel on Thursday killed a senior Hamas political leader in an air strike in the Gaza Strip, the first such attack in its six-day-old offensive. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (GAZA)

A Palestinian woman holds her sons in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 31, 2008. Israel Thursday launched New Year strikes by air and sea on battered Gaza that took the death toll from its blitz on Hamas to 402, as Islamist militants relatiated with volleys of rocket fire. (AFP/Said Khatib) Photo Tools

An Israeli F-15 fighter jet flies over the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. Israel on Thursday killed a senior Hamas political leader in an air strike in the Gaza Strip, the first such attack in its six-day-old offensive. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (GAZA)

Palestinian men walk next to the destroyed Palestinian parliament building after it was hit in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayyan (L) and Ismail Haniyeh attend a news conference after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in this February 20, 2006 file photo. An Israeli air strike on a home in the Gaza Strip on Thursday killed a senior Hamas political leader, Hamas security sources said. Rayyan, the most senior Hamas leader to be killed by Israel in a six-day-old Gaza air offensive, was an outspoken advocate of renewing suicide bombings against the Jewish state. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/Files (GAZA)

A Jordanian girl with the Palestinian flag painted on her face shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in Gaza, in Amman January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

A veiled Jordanian woman holds a sign that reads "Gaza" as she shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in Gaza, in Amman January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

Protesters light candles during a protest in Amman December 31, 2008 against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

Palestinians run near a Hamas government building destroyed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Protesters hold candles during a protest in Amman December 31, 2008 against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

Palestinians survey the ruins of a destroyed house after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian boy cries during the funeral of Ali al-Hobi, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 1, 2009. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Jordanian protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in Gaza, in Amman January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

A Jordanian girl with the colours of the Palestinian flag painted on her face shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in Gaza, in Amman January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

A Palestinian boy stands next to destroyed houses after an Israeli missile strike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) Photo Tools

A Palestinian woman stands in her destroyed house after an Israeli missile strike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A wounded Palestinian girl is carried into al-Shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday Israel was fighting Hamas with an "iron fist", his words backed by more Gaza air strikes but challenged by rocket fire that continued to hit Israeli cities. REUTERS/Saleh Salem (GAZA

Israeli children wake up after spending the night in a bomb shelter in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

A Palestinian wounded in an Israeli missile strike is carried into Al Shifa hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

Muslim women demonstrators shout slogans, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. The Muslims said they will not rest until Israel stops striking to the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

Muslim demonstrators shout slogans as they burn USA and Israeli national flags, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. The Muslims said they will not rest until Israel stops striking to the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

An Israeli child stands near a woman praying in a bomb shelter in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Muslim demonstrators shout slogans against the US and Israel as they hold a shoe, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

Muslim demonstrators shout slogans as they demonstrate, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

A young muslim woman holds a banneras she marches during a demonstration, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. The Muslims said they will not rest until Israel stops striking the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

Muslim demonstrators shout slogans as they burn the US and Israeli national flags, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, after a two hour demonstration to protest against the Israeli military strikes in the Gaza strip. The Muslims said they will not rest until Israel stops striking to the Gaza strip. (AP Photo)

Palestinians check the damage to a mosque that was hit in an Israeli missile Wednesday, in Gaza City. Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A member of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), a left-wing party, takes part during a demonstration in Dhaka January 1, 2009, to protest against the Israeli air strikes in Gaza. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH)

A member of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), a left-wing party, holds up the party's flag during a demonstration in Dhaka January 1, 2009, to protest against the Israeli air strikes in Gaza. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH)

Members of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), a left-wing party, take part in a demonstration in Dhaka January 1, 2009, to protest against the Israeli air strikes in Gaza. The banners read, "Down with Imperialism" (2nd R) and "SPB" (R). REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH)

A view of a building, used by the Hamas government, after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A Palestinian boy takes part in a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus against Israel's offensive in Gaza January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK)

Palestinian boys lie on the ground with a mock coffin during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus January 1, 2009 against Israel's offensive in Gaza. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini (WEST BANK)

Mohammed Abdelwahab, an al-Aqsa Hamas TV cameraman, is rushed into al-Shifa hospital after he was wounded during an Israeli air strike in Gaza January 1, 2009. Israeli warplanes attacked government buildings in the Gaza Strip on New Year's Day after Israel and its Islamist Hamas foe both spurned ceasefire calls in a conflict that has killed about 400 Palestinians. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA) Photo Tools

A Palestinian man looks at a building, used by the Hamas government, after it was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Israel demanded international monitors as a key term of any future truce with Gaza Strip militants, as its warplanes bombed the parliament building in Gaza City on Thursday and its ships attacked coastline positions of the territory's Islamic Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

A boy with red paint smeared on his face to resemble blood is symbolically strangulated during a protest by Muslim students against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, in Mumbai January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

A boy with red paint smeared on his face to resemble blood stands amidst banners during a protest by Muslim students against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, in Mumbai January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

A protestor pretends to strangle a boy, whose face is smeared with red paint to resemble blood, during a protest by Muslim students against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, in Mumbai REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

A protestor pretends to strangle a boy, whose face is smeared with red paint to resemble blood, during a protest by Muslim students against Israeli air strikes in Gaza, in Mumbai January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA)

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