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    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)
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    SDEROT, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 29: An Israeli woman is evacuted in shock from the scene of a Palestinian rocket attack on December 29, 2008 in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Israeli Air Force warplanes continued heavy strikes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day and Israel prepared to launch a possible invasion after killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)
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    BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 29: A wounded Palestinian man is carried away after an Israeli missile strike on the neighbouring home of a Hamas military leader on December 29, 2008 in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip. 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 approximately 1400 injured in the air raids. (Photo by Thair Al-Hasany/Getty Images)
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    SDEROT, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 29: An Israeli woman stands in shock at the scene of a Palestinian rocket attack on December 29, 2008 in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Israeli Air Force warplanes continued heavy strikes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day and Israel prepared to launch a possible invasion after killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)
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    GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 29: (ISRAEL OUT) Smoke rises above Gaza after Palestinian militants fired a rocket December 29, 2008 along Israel's side of the Gaza border. The Israeli Air Force continued its strike of the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day, killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids, as Israel prepared to launch a possible invasion. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Israelis take cover during a rocket warning siren in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon, 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 / Tsafrir Abayov)
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    A protester puts a sticker on his face during a rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Athens on Monday, Dec 29, 2008. Clashes broke out between the police and protesters throwing rocks at the embassy during the rally to protest Israel's strikes against Gaza. The sticker reads 'Freedom to Palestine'. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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    Protesters pray as riot police look on during a rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Athens on Monday, Dec 29, 2008. Clashes broke out between the police and protesters throwing rocks at the embassy during the rally to protest Israel's strikes against Gaza. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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    Palestinians living in Switzerland chant slogans and carry Palestinian banners and photos showing Palestinian victims during a protest against Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
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    GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 29: Smoke from three days of Israeli air strikes against Hamas militants blends with brewing storm clouds to create a dramatic sunset over the Palestinian territory on December 29, 2008 viewed from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Israeli Air Force warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day and Israel prepared to launch a possible invasion after killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)
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    Three Palestinian brothers Sidki, 8, Ahmad, 12, and Mohammed Absi, 14, (no left-right available) who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, during their funeral in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble, and the death toll continues to rise.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    An Israeli police officer comforts a woman after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit the southern Israeli town of Sderot, 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/Ariel Schalit)
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    Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters protest in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. People stood in pouring rain, to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, now in it's third day. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
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    Israeli soldiers are seen at a staging area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble, and the death toll continues to rise.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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    Palestinians gather at a destroyed mosque after an Israeli air strike in the Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Gaza was saturated in death on the second day of Israel?s bombardment with brief funerals taking place in cemeteries throughout the 40-kilometer-long seaside territory. Photographer: Naaman Omar/Bloomberg News
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    An Israeli soldier stands near Ultra Orthodox Jews after a Palestinian stabbed and wounded four Israelis in the West Bank settlement of Modin Illit, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israeli rescue services say a Palestinian attacker has stabbed and wounded four Israelis in a West Bank settlement. The rescue services say one person was badly wounded and three more lightly wounded in Monday's attack. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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    JABALIA, GAZA STRIP - DECEMBER 29: A wounded Palestinian youth is carried into the Kamal Adwan hospital after an Israeli missile strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp December 29, 2008 in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. 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)
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    Israeli border police officers react from tear gas during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers that erupted following a demonstration against the Israeli missiles strike on Gaza, at the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble, and the death toll continues to rise. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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    A young Palestinian protester throws stones during clashes with Israeli troops, not seen, at a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the Shuafat refugee camp, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, 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/Dan Balilty)
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    Israeli soldiers hang a flag on top of a tank in a staging area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Monday, Dec. 29, 2008. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble, and the death toll continues to rise. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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