Middle East Features

In photos: 'Gaza Conflict January 7th'

By James Wray Jan 7, 2009, 16:18 GMT

The sun sets over rising smoke on the Gaza Strip as Israeli artillery is still striking Gaza, Gaza-Israel border, 07 January 2009. Clashes between Israel Defense Forces troops and Palestinian gunmen resumed in Gaza City on 07 January afternoon, after the expiration of a three-hour truce to allow in humanitarian aid. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

An Israeli tank is seen near one of the many Israeli guard towers that are used to monitor the border, along the border with the Gaza Strip as it is prepared for entering into the Gaza Strip to continue fighting, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Neturei Karta, an anti zionist ultra-Orthodox Hassidic group, demonstrate against Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/URI LENZ ISRAEL OUT

Palestinians are seen at the United Ntaions school where they fled following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel welcomed 07 January a Franco-Egyptian proposal to end 13 days of fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which has left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Israel also instituted a three-hour lull in the fighting in the salient, to allow Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities. "Israel welcomes the (Franco-Egyptian) initiative and is working on it and is interested in its success," government spokesman Mark Regev said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

A Palestinian and his child sit at the United Nations school where they fled following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel welcomed 07 January a Franco-Egyptian proposal to end 13 days of fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which has left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Israel also instituted a three-hour lull in the fighting in the salient, to allow Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities. "Israel welcomes the (Franco-Egyptian) initiative and is working on it and is interested in its success," government spokesman Mark Regev said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

An Israeli tank along the border with the Gaza Strip as it is prepared for entering into the Gaza Strip to continue fighting, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

A Palestinian girl looks on at the United Nations school where her family had fled following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians are seen at the United Ntaions school where they took shelter following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel welcomed 07 January a Franco-Egyptian proposal to end 13 days of fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, which has left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Israel also instituted a three-hour lull in the fighting in the salient, to allow Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities. "Israel welcomes the (Franco-Egyptian) initiative and is working on it and is interested in its success," government spokesman Mark Regev said. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Israeli military equipment is prepared for entering into the Gaza Strip near one of the many Israeli guard towers that are used to monitor the border, Gaza-Israel border, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Israeli military equipment is prepared for entering into the Gaza Strip at the Gaza-Israel border, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

Two Palestinian girls are seen at the United Nations school where their families fled following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Indian Muslims shout anti America and Israel slogans during a protest against Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, in Mumbai, India, 07 January 2009. Some 50 per cent of the 680 Palestinians killed during 12 days of Israeli raids and ground fighting in Gaza are women and minors, a United Nations agency said on 07 January.The actual civilian toll may be higher, because health officials have been unable to establish the number of civilians of the men killed. EPA/STR

Turkish union workers block the pedestrian street in downtown of Istanbul during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey on 07 January 2009. People gathered to condemn Israeli army ground invasion of the Gaza Strip EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU

A Palestinian girl sits in a classroom at the United Nations school where her family fled following Israeli strikes, in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify the Gaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians bring water supplies for their daily use as they stay at the United Nations school in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up on necessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify theGaza assault, or accept an Egyptian- French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

A Palestinian woman makes bread for the wounded at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israel will temporarily cease its fire in the Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians living there to stock up onnecessities, as ministers met to consider whether to intensify theGaza assault, or accept an Egyptian-French truce proposal. A military spokesman said there was a plan whereby for three hours every day Israel would halt the fire in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. EPA/ALI ALI

A Palestinian plays outside a U.N school where she moved after her familiy fled their house during Israel's offensive in Gaza, 07 January 2009. EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinian children play outside a U.N school where they moved after their families fled their houses during Israel's offensive in Gaza, 07 January 2009. An Israeli strike on a UN school in northern Gaza killed at least 46 Palestinian civilians in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched its offensive in the Strip 11 days ago, health officials said. Gaza emergency services chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that more than 150 injured in the strike in the playground of the al-Fakhoura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City. Between 800 and up to 1,000 civilians had been taking shelter in the camp's boys' elementary school, run by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNWRA). They had fled from heavy fighting on the camp's outskirts between local militants and Israeli soldiers EPA/ALI ALI EPA/ALI ALI

Palestinians pray near the bodies of some of the 43 Palestinians who were killed the previous day following Israeli missile strikes, during their funerals in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israeli missiles striked on 06 January near the United Nations school and killed 43 Palestinian people, ten of them from Deeb family near the school in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Palestinians pray near the bodies of some of the 43 Palestinians who were killed the previous day following Israeli missile strikes during their funerals in the refugee camp of Jablaliya, northern Gaza Strip, 07 January 2009. Israeli missiles striked on 06 January near the United Nations school and killed 43 Palestinian people, ten of them from Deeb family near the school in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

A Palestinian boy fills aq container with water collected from a U.N run school in Gaza 07 January 2009. An Israeli strike on a UN school in northern Gaza killed at least 46 Palestinian civilians in the deadliest single incident since Israel launched its offensive in the Strip 11 days ago, health officials said. Gaza emergency services chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that more than 150 injured in the strike in the playground of the al-Fakhoura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, north of Gaza City. Between 800 and up to 1,000 civilians had been taking shelter in the camp's boys' elementary school, run by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNWRA). They had fled from heavy fighting on the camp's outskirts between local militants and Israeli soldiers EPA/ALI ALI

A father carries his wounded child - who according to a Palestinian medical source was injured during Israeli forces operations in Gaza - into Shifa hospital in Gaza City 07 January 2009, Israel on Wednesday put military operations in parts of the Gaza Strip on hold, for a period expected to last three hours, to enable aid to flow through a humanitarian corridor EPA/ALI ALI

A girl relatives of the ten victims of the Deeb family weeps during their funeral in the refugee camp of Jablaiyia in the northern Gaza strip 7 January 2009 after they were killed in an Israeli missile strike the previous day. Israeli missiles strike yesterday at a UN run school killed 43 Palestinians, ten of them from Deeb family. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

During a break an Israeli soldier is playing with a kite near the Gaza Strip border at Sderot where Israeli artillery struck on Gaza, 07 January 2009. On 07 January, Israel kept up its military campaign against Hamas in the enclave, with the air force, navy and artillery striking around 30 targets since midnight, an Israeli military spokesman said. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

A photo taken 6th January 2009 and released by the Danish charitable organisation DanChurchAid 7th January shows a mobile clinic run by the group that was destroyed in Gaza late 5th January during the ongoing Israel Army offensive. Three of the organisations mobile clinics were bombed despite being clearly marked with aid signs, said DanChurchAid's secretary general Henrik Stubkjaer. EPA/DanChurchAid