

Palestinian Muslim clergymen, attend a special prayer for Gaza, in the street, during a demonstration against Israel's military operations in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive

A Palestinian Muslim clergyman reacts during a demonstration against Israel's military operations in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive

Palestinians take boxes out of a building hit in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, engulfing the compound in fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers.

A mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the Gaza Strip, from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive

Smoke from an explosion from an Israeli airstrike is seen as a tank advances on the outskirts of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident.(

A mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the Gaza Strip, from the Israel side of the border with Gaza, southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive

A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated after an Israeli strike hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated after an Israeli strike hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

A wounded Palestinian girl is evacuated after an Israeli strike hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

Palestinians gather around the crater caused by an Israeli strike which hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

Wounded Palestinians are driven away from the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate.

Palestinians look at the crater caused by an Israeli strike which hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

Smoke from an explosion from an Israeli airstrike is seen as Israeli tanks advance on the outskirts of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers

A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated after an Israeli strike hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

A wounded Palestinian is evacuated after an Israeli strike hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

Palestinians look at the crater caused by an Israeli strike which hit the house of top Hamas official Said Siam's brother in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Officials from the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency said Siam was killed while hiding in his brother's home in Gaza City. Siam is considered to be among Hamas' top five leaders in Gaza. Palestinian medical officials confirmed the house was attacked, but there was no word from Hamas on Siam's fate

Palestinian firefighters work to try and put out a fire at the United Nations headquarters after it was hit in Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident

Smoke from Israeli bombardment is seen on the outskirts of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli tanks shelled downtown Gaza City on Thursday and ground troops thrust deep into a crowded neighborhood for the first time, sending terrified residents fleeing for cover and ratcheting up the pressure on Gaza's Hamas rulers to accept a proposed cease-fire to end a devastating Israeli offensive.(

Palestinian firefighters walk inside the United Nations headquarters after it was hit in Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident

** FILE ** In this Feb. 2, 2008 file photo senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, left, and top Hamas official Said Siam, right, return from Egypt at the border at Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli airstrike killed senior Hamas leader Said Siam in Gaza City on Thursday Jan. 15, 2009, flattening the building where he was staying.

Palestinians gather around the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli army operation at the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City,Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident.

Palestinian journalist Muhammed Alsussi, from the Arab satellite network Abu Dhabi, is treated at Shifa hospital after he was injured in an Israeli strike on the network's offices in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. An Israeli strike on a media building in Gaza City on Thursday sparked an angry reaction from journalists covering the fighting. Two journalists were wounded when Israeli fire hit the high-rise building housing media outlets during heavy fighting in central Gaza City. It was not immediately clear if the building was hit by ground fire or by an aircraft

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.

The bodies of three men killed in Israeli army operation are carried on the back of a truck during their funeral 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.

Palestinians gather around the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli army operation at the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City,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

Palestinians gather around the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli army operation at the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City,Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident.

Smoke rises from the United Nations headquarters after it was hit in a Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli artillery shells crashed into the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, drawing a sharp protest from the U.N. chief as he visited Israel to appeal for a truce.

The bodies of Palestinian babies 4-month old baby Areej Armerad, and her 18-month old sister Baraa, who were killed in Israeli army operation are carried out of the morgue during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting the compound on fire as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the area on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers. Ban expressed "outrage" over the incident
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