A wounded Palestinian policeman gestures while lying on the ground as other men look for survivors outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP- DECEMBER 27: A wounded child awaits medical attention at the Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinians run for cover following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said more than 120 people were killed and more than 250 wounded.(AP Photo/Hatem Omar)
In this image taken from APTN video, an injured man is assisted into hospital as other injured people are unload from vehicles outside the hospital after Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security compounds across Gaza in Gaza City on Saturday Dec. 27, 2008. Hamas and medics reported that dozens of people were killed and that others were still buried under the rubble. The strikes caused widespread panic and confusion, as black clouds of smoke rose above Gaza. (AP Photo/APTN)
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: A Palestinian girl cries at the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008 in Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Getty Images)
A Jordanian protester shouts anti Israeli slogans during a demonstration in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, against Israel's strikes against security compounds across the Gaza-Strip. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from Gaza pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing at least 200 and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day in Gaza in recent years. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: Palestinians inspect the presidential building; the office of president Mahmoud Abbas (which is now under Hamas control), after it was destroyed by an Israeli air strike on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: Palestinian medics run while carrying a wounded toddler outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) A Palestinian man cries beside the body of a child laid out on the ground beside bodies of other Palestinians outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man gestures for help as security force officers loyal to Hamas are seen in the back of a truck after they were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATIVE CROP OF JRL121 ** A Palestinian man reacts over the body of a member of the security forces of Hamas at the site of an Israeli missile strike at the security headquarters in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said more than 120 people were killed and more than 250 wounded. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008. At least 120 people were killed across the Gaza Strip as a result of massive Israeli air strikes today, 70 inside Gaza City and the rest elsewhere across the enclave, Hamas radio reported. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man looks at a destroyed Hamas security compound after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Israel resisted mounting international pressure Wednesday to suspend its devastating air offensive against militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza, sending more troops and tanks to the border as signs of an impending ground invasion multiplied. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinian medics carry the body of a security force officer from Hamas after an Israeli missile strike at the former headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)
A Palestinian woman wounded in Israeli missile strikes is helped into the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP- DECEMBER 27: A wounded man lies on a blood-soaked floor in the Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian youth prepares to throw a stone towards Israeli border police officers at Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem in protest of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (WEST BANK)
Palestinians look at a destroyed mosque after an Israeli air strike in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip December 29, 2008. Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a third day on Monday and militants launched a fatal rocket attack on Israel in defiance of an offensive that has killed more than 300 Palestinians. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
A Palestinian Hamas policeman mourns as he holds the body of a comrade outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The Body of Tawfeq Jaber, the general police chief in Gaza, who was loyal to Hamas, is wheeled into Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Bodies lie outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 120 people were killed across the Gaza Strip as a result of massive Israeli air strikes today, 70 inside Gaza City and the rest elsewhere across the enclave, Hamas radio reported. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian medics carry the body of a man killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Bodies of Hamas policemen lie on the ground of their destroyed police compound following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli air strikes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday killed at least 195 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said. REUTERS/Zoher Dolah (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: A Palestinian man shouts as he and others try to find their dead relatives among bodies of Palestinians laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian security force officer from Hamas reacts as he stands over others that were killed at the site of an Israeli missile strike at the security headquarters in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing more than 200 people and wounding nearly 400 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
In this image taken from APTN video young men carry a badly injured man on a stretcher to an awaiting vehicle after Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security compounds across Gaza in Gaza City on Saturday Dec. 27, 2008. Hamas and medics reported that dozens of people were killed and that others were still buried under the rubble. The strikes caused widespread panic and confusion, as black clouds of smoke rose above Gaza. (AP Photo/APTN)
Protesters shout anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip in Amman December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 195 people in one of the bloodiest days in the Palestinians' conflict with Israel. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The body of Palestinian man is brought to Shifa hospital in the back of a van on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A wounded Hamas policeman lies on the ground following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 155 people in the bloodiest day for Palestinians in more than 20 years. Palestinian militants responded with rocket salvoes that killed an Israeli man and wounded several others, medics said. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)
Palestinians walk in the rubble outside the former headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from Gaza pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing at least 200 and wounding nearly 400 in the bloodiest day in Gaza in decades. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)
Palestinians rush a woman to the hospital after she was wounded in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man weeps as he holds the body of a Hamas policeman as others look for survivors outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Ismail Haniya, the premier in the Hamas-led government that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas fired after the Islamists seized control of Gaza in June, addresses worshippers after the Friday noon prayer in Gaza City on February 29, 2008. Israel was mulling today intensifing its operations against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, where the Islamists called for mass protests against strikes that have killed 30 Palestinians in two days. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian woman run for cover during scuffles between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians. Palestinians staged protest rallies in Arab East Jerusalem, and in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Hebron, leading to scuffles with Israeli forces. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)
Palestinians carry a wounded man after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing at least 40 people, a Hamas police spokesman and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian men search for survivors amongst bodies outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
An injured Palestinain man lies on the ground outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian Hamas policemen mourn over the body of a comrade outside their headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel hammered Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 205 people in retaliation for ongoing rocket fire in one of the bloodiest days of the decades-long Middle East conflict. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing more than 140 people, medical officials and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian women mourn over the bodies of three Palestinian children from the Balosha family, of five who were all killed in the same Israeli missile strike, in the morgue before their burial at Kamal Edwan hopsital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: Palestinian men wounded during an Israeli air strike receive medical attention at a hospital in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008 in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Getty Images)
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: A Palestinian man carries an injured boy in his arms following an Israeli air strike in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008 in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Getty Images)
Palestinians wounded in Israeli missile strikes are seen in the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A wounded Palestinian is rushed to the hospital after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing at least 40 people, a Hamas police spokesman and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 30: A Palestinian man looks at the site of the ministry buildings compound, which was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike, from his damaged home on December 30, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day as tanks and troops amassed at the border in advance of an expected ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
An elderly Palestinian walks past a destroyed Badr mosque in the Gaza Strip March 2, 2008, after witness said it was bombed by Israeli military aircraft on Saturday. Israeli forces killed 61 people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the bloodiest day for Palestinians since an uprising against Israeli occupation began in 2000. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)
Palestinians gather next to the rubble of a mosque that was part of a compound used by the security forces of Hamas, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 2, 2008. Israeli aircraft sent missiles slamming into the office of the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza before dawn on Sunday, after killing 54 Palestinians in the highest single-day death toll since fighting erupted in 2000. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
Palestinians carry a wounded Hamas policeman as others lie on the ground of their destroyed police compound following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli air strikes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday killed at least 195 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said. REUTERS/Zoher Dolah (GAZA)
Palestinian civil defence members arrive to the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008. At least 120 people were killed across the Gaza Strip as a result of massive Israeli air strikes today, 70 inside Gaza City and the rest elsewhere across the enclave, Hamas radio reported. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian security force officer from Hamas walks outside the former headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from Gaza pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing at least 155 and wounding more than 310 in the bloodiest day in Gaza in decades. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)
Palestinian supporters of Hamas cries as they take part in a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip at al-Yarmouk Camp near Damascus December 27,2008. Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 155 people and wounded 200 others, the head of the Gaza ambulance service said. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)
Palestinian children and a man wounded in Israeli missile strikes are seen in the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A Palestinian man runs beside a destroyed Hamas police compounds after an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 155 people and wounded 200 others, the head of the Gaza ambulance service said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
An image grab taken from Hamas's Al-Aqsa television station taken on December 27, 2008, shows the head of the Hamas government in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, making a televised statement from an undisclosed location in the Gaza Strip. Haniya insisted the Islamist movement Hamas would not cave in to Israel's deadly attacks even if they eradicate the Palestinian territory. Israel hammered Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip today, killing at least 210 people in retaliation for rocket fire in one of the bloodiest days of the decades-long Middle East conflict. AFP PHOTO/DSK ==RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE== (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian firefighters try to assist at the site of a security compound used by the Islamic group Hamas following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said more than 120 people were killed and more than 250 wounded.(AP Photo/Hatem Omar)
Smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes, as seen from the northern Israeli border with the Palestinian territory on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians carry the body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said more than 120 people were killed and more than 250 wounded. (AP Photo/Hatem Omar)
Palestinians inspect the body of a killed man following an Israeli air strike near Al-Shifa mosque in Gaza City on December 28, 2008. Israel warned today that it could send ground troops into Gaza as its warplanes continued to pound Hamas targets in the overcrowded enclave where over 250 Palestinians have been killed. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israeli strikes in Gaza in the West Bank town of Hebron, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from Gaza pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing at least 200 and wounding nearly 400 in the bloodiest day in Gaza in decades. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
A Lebanese Hezbollah supporter, reacts, as other protesters react during a sit-in against the Israeli opperation in Gaza, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing at least 155 and wounding more than 310 in the single bloodiest day of fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
The body of a Hamas police officer is transported to hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israeli war planes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 140 people and prompting rocket fire from Palestinian militants that killed an Israeli, medics said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
A wounded Palestinian woman is rushed into hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israeli war planes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 140 people and prompting rocket fire from Palestinian militants that killed an Israeli, medics said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) Bodies of Palestinians are laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) A Palestinian man checks the body of a Palestinian child as he lies among bodies of Palestinians laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinians carry a body after removing it from the site of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian stone-thrower, protesting the Israeli offensive in Gaza, takes cover during scuffles with Israeli border police officers at Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)
Three Palestinian children from the Balosha family, of five who were all killed in the same Israeli missile strike, are seen in the morgue before their burial at Kamal Edwan hopsital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
A Palestinian rescue worker inspects damage on a Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 155 people and wounded 200 others, the head of the Gaza ambulance service said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian men remove bodies of Hamas policemen outside their headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian Hamas policemen search for survivors amongst the bodies of comrades outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians help a wounded man after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing at least 40 people, a Hamas police spokesman and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 31: Palestinians inspect near a mosque following an Israeli air raid December 31, 2008, in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip. Israel continued air strikes within the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip for the fifth day. About 400 Palestinians have been killed in the raids according to reports. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian boy walks past damaged Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 155 people and wounded 200 others, the head of the Gaza ambulance service said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
Palestinians take part in a protest in the West Bank city of Hebron against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and combat helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 155 people in the bloodiest day for Palestinians in more than 20 years of conflict. The placard on the upper right reads in Arabic "Arab Leaders, where are you?" REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The body of a Palestinian child lies among bodies of Palestinians laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man wounded in an Israeli missile strike is helped into the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from Gaza pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of air strikes Saturday, killing at least 155 and wounding more than 310 in the bloodiest day in Gaza in decades. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
A wounded Palestinian woman is pictured in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 31, 2008. Two people died on January 1 in New Year Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, raising the toll since Israeli military operations began on December 27, 2008 to 397, according to the head of the territory's emergency services. A woman died during the raid on a house occupied by a member of Gaza's ruling Hamas in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, Moawiya Hassanei told AFP. The doctor said that targeted militants were absent, with the victims reported to be neighbours. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The body of Tawfeq Jaber (C) the general police chief in Gaza, who loyal to Hamas, lies among other bodies of Palestinians laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing more than 140 people, medical officials and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: A Palestinian man cries over the body of a child in his arms, beside bodies of Palestinians laid out on the ground outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Bodies lie on the ground as Palestinian men look for survivors outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man reacts over the body of a member of the security forces of Hamas at the site of an Israeli missile strike at the security headquarters in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said at least 145 people were killed and more than 310 wounded in the single deadliest day in Gaza fighting in recent memory. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
Sacked Palestinian prime minister and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya speaks to the media during an opening ceremony of a children's hospital in Gaza City on April 23 2008. Haniya said today any truce between Israel and the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip must include the West Bank. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
A relative of Palestinians killed during Israel's offensive reacts at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. Israel and Hamas vowed to keep fighting on Sunday, ignoring international calls to stop the Gaza conflict which entered a 16th day with heavy clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
A Palestinian boy wounded during Israel's offensive is carried into Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)
Palestinians carry a body of a man, killed in an Israeli strike, into Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City on Sunday morning, waging one of their fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive. (AP Photo/AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Israeli soldiers chant slogans after a briefing before entering Gaza on a combat mission,at a staging area near Israel's border with Gaza, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City on Sunday morning as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centers despite growing diplomatic pressure to end the conflict.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 11: A wounded Palestinian woman is carried on a stretcher into the Kamal Adwan hospital after an Israeli air strike on January 11, 2009 in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian medical sources 46 people have been killed today in Gaza. As the conflict goes into its third week the overall death toll is nearing 900. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian Akram Abu Roka is treated for burns at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 12, 2009. Dr Yusef Abu Rish at Gaza City's Nasser hospital told AFP that at least 55 people were injured early yesterday by white phosphorous shells, banned under international law for use against civilians, but permitted for creating smokescreens. "These people were burned over their bodies in a way that can only be caused by white phosphorous," said Abu Rish. An Israeli military spokeswoman denied the claims. "There is no use of white phosphorous. Everything we use is according to international law," she said. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
A wounded Palestinian is brought into Shifa hospital during Israel's offensive in Gaza January 12, 2009. Israeli troops fought fierce gun battles with Hamas fighters on Monday, keeping military pressure on the Islamist group while avoiding all-out urban warfare that would complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza war. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 11: A wounded Palestinian child is carried into the Kamal Adwan hospital after an Israeli air strike on January 11, 2009 in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian medical sources 46 people have been killed today in Gaza. As the conflict goes into its third week the overall deathtoll is nearing 900. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Relatives mourn over the bodies of two Palestinian killed during the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday in one of the fiercest ground battles so far as Israel's military inched toward Gaza's population centers and residents braced for an expansion of the offensive. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A Palestinian man touches the body of his wife, killed during Israel's offensive, at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 11, 2009. Israel and Hamas vowed to keep fighting on Sunday, ignoring international calls to stop the Gaza conflict which entered a 16th day with heavy clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)
Loay Soboh, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy, waves at Shifa hospital in Gaza before his transfer to Saudi Arabia for treatment January 12, 2009. According to doctors, Soboh lost his eyes in an Israeli air strike. Israeli troops fought fierce gun battles with Hamas fighters on Monday, keeping military pressure on the Islamist group while avoiding all-out urban warfare that would complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza war. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 12: A Palestinian family waits for transport as they flee the threat of Israeli strikes in the Zeitun district on January 12, 2009 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Despite a recent United Nations call for an immediate end to the fighting, hostilities continued today between Israel and Hamas militants as Israeli troops entered the outskirts of Gaza City but failed to end rocket fire from Hamas. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian woman reacts as she approaches the corpse of a Palestinian fighter in the Zeitun district of Gaza City following Israeli strikes on January 12, 2009. Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters on today across the Gaza Strip after the Jewish state poured reserve troops into the territory and ceasefire talks plodded on in Egypt. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 12: A wounded Palestinian girl is helped to aid as she arrives at the Kamal Adwan Hospital after an Israeli strike on January 12, 2009 in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. Despite a recent United Nations call for an immediate end to the fighting, hostilities continued today between Israel and Hamas militants as Israeli troops entered the outskirts of Gaza City but failed to end rocket fire from Hamas. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian Louai Sobeh, 10, is treated for burns at Shifa hospital in Gaza City on January 12, 2009. Palestinian doctor working in Gaza City Dr Yusef Abu Rish told AFP that at least 55 people were injured early yesterday by white phosphorous shells, banned under international law for use against civilians, but permitted for creating smokescreens. "These people were burned over their bodies in a way that can only be caused by white phosphorous," said Abu Rish. An Israeli military spokeswoman denied the claims. "There is no use of white phosphorous. Everything we use is according to international law," she said. AFP PHOTO /YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant Ahmed Zakot, who was killed during Israel's offensive, cry during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 11: A wounded Palestinian child is carried into the Kamal Adwan hospital after an Israeli air strike on January 11, 2009 in Beit Lahia northern of Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian medical sources 46 people have been killed today in Gaza. As the conflict goes into its third week the overall death toll is nearing 900. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A killed Palestinian girl lies on a hospital bed in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on January 11, 2009 following Israeli strikes in the area. Israel indicated for the first time today that an end was in sight to its war on Hamas, amid some of the heaviest clashes of an offensive that has killed nearly 900 people in the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza's main city, sparking some of the fiercest battles yet of the 16-day-old war that Israel launched in response to rocket fire, but that has failed to completely stop the rockets. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians inspect the damage to a building following an Israeli airstrike in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City, Sunday, Jan.11, 2009. Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City on Sunday morning as Israel's military inched closer to Gaza's main population centers despite growing diplomatic pressure to end the conflict.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinian medics wheel a wounded man who according to Palestinian medical sources was injured in an Israeli strike, to Kamal Adwan hospital, in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Israeli warplanes pounded the homes of Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip and ground troops edged ever closer to the territory's densely-populated urban center Monday but reported casualties were low, an indication that Hamas was largely avoiding pitched battles with the advancing Israelis. (AP Photo/ Fadi Adwan)
A Palestinian woman reacts after an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 12, 2009. Israeli troops fought fierce gun battles with Hamas fighters on Monday, keeping military pressure on the Islamist group while avoiding all-out urban warfare that would complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza war. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)
Palestinians look at a man, wounded during Israel's offensive, at Kamal Odwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
A Palestinian relative of Hamas militant Ahmed Zakot, who was killed during Israel's offensive, places Zakot's newborn baby beside his body during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip January 11, 2009. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian Mohamed Ahmed is treated for burns at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 12, 2009. Dr Yusef Abu Rish at Gaza City's Nasser hospital told AFP that at least 55 people were injured early yesterday by white phosphorous shells, banned under international law for use against civilians, but permitted for creating smokescreens. "These people were burned over their bodies in a way that can only be caused by white phosphorous," said Abu Rish. An Israeli military spokeswoman denied the claims. "There is no use of white phosphorous. Everything we use is according to international law," she said. AFP PHOTO/ SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
An Israeli soldier, wounded during Israel's offensive in Gaza, arrives at the hospital in the southern city of Beersheba January 17, 2009. Israel plans to halt its Gaza offensive without any agreement with Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Saturday. The Islamist group vowed to fight on. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (ISRAEL)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: A German couple Annette Ridwan, 55, and her husband Dr. Fouad Ridwan, 63, stand on their damaged balcony after Israeli warplanes struck her neighbouring Taha mosque on January 17, 2009 in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip. Annette Ridwan Said she was sleeping at home with her husband and four members of her husband's family when the Israeli warplanes struck the mosque. Israeli cabinet are expected to announce an end to the military offensive. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian mourners use their mobile phones to take pictures during the funeral of Mosub Daana, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops during clashes at a rally by Hamas supporters against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West city of Hebron, Friday Jan. 16, 2009. Israel's Security Cabinet will vote Saturday night on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, a senior government official said.The official said a vote to approve the truce would amount to a "unilateral" cease-fire, though Israeli forces would only leave Gaza after an official declaration that the fighting was over. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. (AP Photo / Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Palestinian women react after seeing the body of a relative killed in an Israeli missile strike at Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israel shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, engulfing the compound and a warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
A Palestinian medic runs as he carries a child who was injured in an Israeli army operation into the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/ Fadi Adwan)
Palestinian medics rush a child into the Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia following an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israeli troops assaulted Gaza from land, air and sea today as the Jewish state said it was close to reaching its goals and its powerful security cabinet prepared to decide on a unilateral ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: Homeless Palestinian children stand in a burnt classroom at a United Nations school after it was hit by Israeli shelling on January 17, 2009 in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Troops carried out a further 50 air strikes in Gaza overnight as the prospect of a cease-fire draws closer. Reports suggest that Israeli artillery targeted another UN school in northern Gaza where refugees sheltered, killing least two people. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Taha mosque after it was struck by Israeli warplanes on January 17, 2009 in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli cabinet are expected to announce an end to the military offensive. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian woman kisses the body of Mosub Daana, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops during clashes at a rally by Hamas supporters against Israel's military operation in Gaza, during his funeral in the West city of Hebron, Friday Jan. 16, 2009. Israel's Security Cabinet will vote Saturday night on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, a senior government official said.The official said a vote to approve the truce would amount to a "unilateral" cease-fire, though Israeli forces would only leave Gaza after an official declaration that the fighting was over. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. (AP Photo / Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of four of six members of the Banner family who were killed in an Israeli army operation, during their funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.Israeli forces pounded dozens of Hamas targets early Saturday as the army kept up pressure on the Islamic militant group ahead of a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers.(AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
A picture shows an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
The body of Palestinian child Ahmad Saleh lies at the mortuary of a hospital in Beit Lahia following an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israeli troops assaulted Gaza from land, air and sea today as the Jewish state said it was close to reaching its goals and its powerful security cabinet prepared to decide on a unilateral ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian women react after one of their relatives was killed during Israeli strikes over the UN-run school early on January 17, 2009 at the morgue of Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: A homeless Palestinian girl stands in a burnt classroom at a United Nations school after it was hit by Israeli shelling on January 17, 2009 in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Troops carried out a further 50 air strikes in Gaza overnight as the prospect of a cease-fire draws closer. Reports suggest that Israeli artillery targeted another UN school in northern Gaza where refugees sheltered, killing least two people. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian UN worker inspects a classroom following an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers hold the Israeli flag and make the V sign after exiting Gaza on January 18, 2009 on the Israel-Gaza border. Israel held its fire in Gaza Sunday after declaring a unilateral ceasefire in its 22-day onslaught which has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians and levelled vast swathes of the Hamas-run enclave. AFP PHOTO/DMITRY KOSTYUKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Young boys play amongst the rubble of the Al-Abrar mosque, which was destroyed by an airstrike two days ago, in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Palestinian relatives of four members of the Abu Eita family, who were killed in an Israeli Army operation, carry their bodies during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
A youth looks at a banner, held in protest during a rally against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip, in Rome on January 17, 2009. The death toll from Israel's bombing of Hamas targets in Gaza has reached 1200 and nearly 5000 people have been wounded, medics said on the 23rd day of the devastating campaign. AFP PHOTO/ ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian demonstrators wearing clothes resembling the uniforms worn by Jews in the Nazi death camps during the Holocaust, shout anti-Israel slogans, during a demonstration against Israel's military operations in Gaza, at the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israeli forces pounded dozens of Hamas targets early Saturday as the army kept up pressure on the Islamic militant group ahead of a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: Homeless Palestinian families carry their belongings as they leave a United Nations school after it was hit by Israeli shelling on January 17, 2009 in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. Israeli Troops carried out a further 50 air strikes in Gaza overnight as the prospect of a ceasfire draws closer. Reports suggest that Israeli artillery targeted another UN school in northern Gaza where refugees sheltered, killing least two people. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian women mourn during the funeral of Al-Batran family members in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Six members of Al-Batran family were killed by an Israeli air strike on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Israel plans to halt its Gaza offensive without any agreement with Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Saturday. Hamas vowed to fight on. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)
REFILE - CORRECTING NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED A Palestinian carries the body of Bilal al-Batran during his funeral in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Al-Batran and five other family members were killed by an Israeli air strike on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Israel plans to halt its Gaza offensive without any agreement with Hamas, a senior Israeli official said on Saturday. Hamas vowed to fight on. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)
** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** The body of a Palestinian child from the Al-Batran family, of which five members were killed in an Israeli military operation, is seen before his burial in the Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
A Palestinian cries as he carries the body of Malak Abu Etah, during her funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Abu Etah and three other family members were killed by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Israeli bombardment killed two boys sheltering at a U.N. school and five other people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, as Israel weighed a unilateral ceasefire to its three-week-old offensive against Hamas militants. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
Mourners stand near the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's offensive, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Israeli tank fire killed two small boys sheltering at a United Nations school in Gaza on Saturday and Hamas vowed to fight on until Israel meets its demands, suggesting it will ignore any unilateral Israeli ceasefire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian civilians and medics run to safety during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian relatives of four members of the Abu Eita family who were killed in an Israeli Army operation react over their bodies in the family house during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israeli aircraft pounded 50 Hamas positions early Saturday, maintaining pressure on the Islamic militant group as the country's top leaders prepared for a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinian medics rush a child into the Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia following an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israeli troops assaulted Gaza from land, air and sea today as the Jewish state said it was close to reaching its goals and its powerful security cabinet prepared to decide on a unilateral ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man walk away from heavy smoke following an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians react during the funeral of Mosub Daana, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops during clashes at a rally by Hamas supporters against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West city of Hebron, Friday Jan. 16, 2009. Israel's Security Cabinet will vote Saturday night on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, a senior government official said. The official said a vote to approve the truce would amount to a "unilateral" cease-fire, though Israeli forces would only leave Gaza after an official declaration that the fighting was over. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. (AP Photo / Nasser Shiyoukhi)
A Palestinian relative of four members of the Abu Eita family, carries one of those killed in an Israeli Army operation past a destroyed building during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A Palestinian woman screams as medics rush a critically wounded child into the Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia following an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israeli troops assaulted Gaza from land, air and sea today as the Jewish state said it was close to reaching its goals and its powerful security cabinet prepared to decide on a unilateral ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
A man carries the body of a boy killed during Israeli strikes at the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israel pummelled Gaza with new strikes on Saturday, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
A relative carries the body of a Palestinian child from the Al-Batran family, of which five members were killed in an Israeli military operation, during their funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.Israeli aircraft pounded 50 Hamas positions early Saturday, maintaining pressure on the Islamic militant group as the country's top leaders prepared for a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
Palestinian women cry after one of their relatives was killed during Israeli strikes over the UN-run school early on January 17, 2009 at the morgue of Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian mourners walk amidst debris of destroyed buildings carrying the bodies of victims, including children, of Israeli bombardments during their funeral procession in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israel battered Gaza with new strikes today, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins. But Hamas vowed that it would fight on if the Israeli security cabinet orders a unilateral ceasefire insisting that Israeli troops must withdraw from Gaza as part of a reciprocal truce. AFP PHOTO /YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian medics wheel a man wounded in an Israeli missile strike into hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Israel's Security Cabinet will vote Saturday night on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, a senior government official said.(AP Photo/Khaled Omar)
A Palestinian boy is fed soup at a United Nations school where families who fled Israeli military operations are staying in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Khaled Omar)
A Palestinian woman hugs the body of her son Anwar Abu Etah during his funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Abu Etah and three other family members were killed by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Israeli tank fire killed two small boys sheltering at a United Nations school in Gaza on Saturday and Hamas vowed to fight on until Israel meets its demands, suggesting it will ignore any unilateral Israeli ceasefire. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)
Palestinian children mourn over the bodies of five civilians, of which two young siblings (C), killed by Israeli fire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israel battered Gaza with new strikes today, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins.But Hamas vowed that it would fight on if the Israeli security cabinet orders a unilateral ceasefire insisting that Israeli troops must withdraw from Gaza as part of a reciprocal truce. AFP PHOTO /YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
A protestor cries at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London on January 17, 2009. Thousands of protesters calling for Israel to stop its offensive in the Gaza Strip rallied in European cities, even as Israel reportedly is poised to declare a unilateral ceasefire. In London, some 3,500 people filled Trafalgar Square, police said, for a protest billed as a "demonstration against Israel's barbarity and war crimes". At least 1,205 Palestinians, including 410 children, have been killed since the start of Israel's deadliest-ever assault on the territory on December 27, according to Gaza medics, who said another 5,300 people have been wounded. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
Yemeni riot personnel stand guard with posters of Hamas leaders, including Saeed Seyyam who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Thursday, on their shields during a protest in Sanaa, January 16, 2009, against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)
A Palestinian relative reacts over the body of Belal Al-Batran, 12, one of five members of the Al-Batran family who were killed in Israeli military operations, during their funeral in the Bureij refugee camp in the central of Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israeli aircraft pounded 50 Hamas positions early Saturday, maintaining pressure on the Islamic militant group as the country's top leaders prepared for a crucial vote on whether to end Israel's punishing three-week-long campaign against Gaza's rulers. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: Palestinian mourners sit around the bodies of four members from the Abu Esha family during their funeral, after they were killed in an Israeli missile strike on their house in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009 in Beit Lahia, Gaza. Four members from Abu Eita family were killed after an Israeli missile strike. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian boy reacts as he is treated by medics after being wounded in an Israeli army operation at hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. The U.N. chief urged Israel Friday to declare a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza, but Israel rebuffed the idea as its diplomats headed for Egypt and the United States in what appeared to be a final push toward a truce.(AP Photo/ Thaer Al-Hasani)
Palestinians extinguish a fire in the playground following an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
A wounded Israeli soldier arrives at a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on January 17, 2009 after being evacuated from the Gaza Strip. Israel battered Gaza with new strikes today, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins. But Hamas vowed that it would fight on if the Israeli security cabinet orders a unilateral ceasefire insisting that Israeli troops must withdraw from Gaza as part of a reciprocal truce. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of three children, wrapped in Fatah partyÔøΩÔøΩÔøΩs flags, after they were killed by Israeli fire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israel battered Gaza with new strikes today, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins.But Hamas vowed that it would fight on if the Israeli security cabinet orders a unilateral ceasefire insisting that Israeli troops must withdraw from Gaza as part of a reciprocal truce. AFP PHOTO /YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
The body of Palestinian child Fawzia Saleh lies at the mortuary of a hospital in Beit Lahia following an Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israeli troops assaulted Gaza from land, air and sea today as the Jewish state said it was close to reaching its goals and its powerful security cabinet prepared to decide on a unilateral ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / YASSER SAYMEH (Photo credit should read YASSER SAYMEH/AFP/Getty Images)
A man walks down a destroyed street in the Salahaddin street area of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Men carry the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israeli strikes at their funeral in the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. Israel pummelled Gaza with new strikes on Saturday, as it was poised to unilaterally halt a 22-day-old war on Hamas that has killed nearly 1,200 Palestinians and left much of the enclave in ruins. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli troops, not seen, during clashes at a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, at the Shuafat refugee camp, in the outskirts of Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Some 1,100 Palestinians have been killed since the war began on Dec. 27, including 346 children, according to U.N. figures. Thirteen Israelis have been killed, nine soldiers and four civilians by rocket fire. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - JANUARY 17: Palestinian mourners sit around the body of six-year-old Mlak Abu Eita (C) during her funeral with the bodies of three other members of her family, after they were killed in an Israeli missile strike on their house in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009 in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. Four members from Abu Eita family were killed after an Israeli missile strike. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A Palestinian man walks to safety during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOPHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
A man walks down a destroyed street in the Salahaddin street area of Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to the 3-week-old Gaza offensive. Hamas sent mixed signals about whether it will accept the cease-fire proposal. Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman linked to the group's leadership-in-exile in Syria, said militants would keep fighting. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Palestinian civilians and medics run to safety during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED ALTERNATIVE CROP (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) Hamas leader Nizar Rayan (C) speaks with fighters of Hamas' armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, during training in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, late 14 September 2007. Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan was killed in an Israeli air strike on January 1, 2009. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Egyptian player Mohamed Abou Traika wears a tee shirt reading "Sympathize with Gaza" as he celebrates his goal 1-0 against Sudan in Kumasi 26 January 2008 during the African Cup of Nations football championship. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The body of a Palestinian boy is laid out on the ground beside the bodies of other Palestinians outside Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IMAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT) The body of Palestinian man is brought to Shifa hospital in the back of a car on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 155 people and wounding hundreds. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Palestinian prisoners flee over the rubble of the central security headquarters and prison, known as the Saraya, after it was hit during an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Some 280 Palestinians have been killed and 600 people wounded since Israel's campaign to quash rocket barrages from Gaza began midday Saturday, a Gaza health official said. Most of the dead were Hamas police. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
A Palestinian carries a wounded girl following an Israeli air strike in Gaza city on January 1, 2009. 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 PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-ZAANOUN (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-ZAANOUN/AFP/Getty Images)
The body of a Palestinian boy who was killed early on January 9, 2009 by Israeli fire in the al-Shati refugee camp lies at Gaza CityÔøΩÔøΩÔøΩs al-Shifa hospital mortuary. 2009. Israeli troops battled Hamas fighters in major cities of overcrowded Gaza today as Israel spurned appeals to halt a war on the Islamists that has killed at least 580 Palestinians. Israeli tanks firing cannons and backed by helicopter gunships rolled into the southern city of Khan Yunis in the pre-dawn hours, to be met by return fire from Hamas and other militant groups, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians gather around the ruins of a building after an Israeli missile strike hit the home of a Hamas member in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its overwhelming Gaza assault Monday, striking a house next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a five-story building at a university closely linked to the Islamic group. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
A Palestinian mourner shouts as he lifts the body of one of the victims, during the funeral of five members of the Balosha family, including three children and two teenagers, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
Palestinian firemen inspect the destroyed ministry buildings' compound targeted by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 30, 2008. Warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day as tanks stood by to join the "all-out" war Israel vowed would wipe out Hamas, and the Palestinian death toll rose to at least 360. Israeli aircraft carried out dozens of air strikes under the cover of darkness early today, targeting Hamas ministry and security buildings, Hamas sources and witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian children from the Balosha family, who were all killed in the same Israeli missile strike, are seen in the morgue before their burial at Kamal Edwan hopsital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
A wounded Palestinian is wheeled into a hospital following an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp in the northern of Gaza Strip on December 29, 2008. Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border today as warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave where raids have killed more than 300 people in two days. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinians gather next to a building used by the Islamic group Hamas after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
JABALIA, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 29: Palestinian mourners carry the body of Jawaher Baalusha (4) and four of her sisters, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, during their funeral on December 29, 2008 in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher Baalusha and four of her sisters were killed during an Israeli air raid while they were sleeping together in their bedroom. Medics stated that the raid had targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia. Israel continued its air campaign against the Gaza Strip for the third day today, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble. The death toll of over 300 victims and about 1,400 wounded continues to rise. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
JABALIA, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 29: Samera Baalusha (34) (R) carries her surving child Mohamad (15 months) while crying over the body of her daughter Jawaher Baalusha (4) during the her funeral held with her other four sisters, 'three children and two teenagers', who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, during their funeral on December 29, 2008 in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher and four of her sisters from the Baalusha family were killed during an Israeli air raid while they were sleeping together in their bedroom. Medics stated that the raid had targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia. Israeli Air Force warplanes continued heavy strikes in the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day with over 300 Palestinians reported to have been killed and over 2000 injured in the air raids. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
JABALIA, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 29: A dead cat lies in the rubble of a destroyed mosque and houses after they were hit by an Israeli missile strike that killed Jawaher Baalusha, 4, and her four sisters, 'three children and two teenagers' December 29, 2008 in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher and four of her sisters from the Baalusha family were killed while they were sleeping together in their bedroom during an Israeli air raid that targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia, medics said. Israel continues its air campaign against the Gaza Strip for the third day today, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble. The death toll of over 300 victims, and about 1,400 wounded, continues to rise. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)
A masked Palestinian youth prepares to throw a stone at Israeli forces during clashes in the Shufat refugee camp in Jerusalem on December 29, 2008. Demonstrators across the world are protesting against Israel's deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has killed at least 345 people. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)
The father of Palestinian Dena Balosha, 4, left, one of five members of the same family including three children and two teenagers who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, carries her body during their funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip inched closer to the territory's Hamas rulers as the assault entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck a house next to the Hamas premier's home and destroyed symbols of the Islamic movement's power. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
