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THE MIDDLE/NEAR EAST CONFLICT  IN PICTURES

 

Photos from L to R: #1. An Israeli tank and bulldozer move next to a bullet-riddled Palestinian building in the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip  town of Rafah, on the third day of the massive Israeli army operation in the area.(AFP/Menahem Kahana). #2.  An Israeli soldier runs next to his tank convoy as it moves into the outskirts of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on the third day of the massive Israeli army operation in the area.(AFP/Menahem Kahana).

Photos from L to R: #1. Palestinian sisters of Ragab Barhum mourn during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on the third day of a massive Israeli military operation in the area near Gaza's border with Egypt.(AFP/Mahmud Hams). #2.  Israeli soldiers set down into a grave, the coffin of Israeli army soldier Sergeant Alexei Hayat, during his funeral at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Thursday, May 20, 2004. Hayat was one of 11 Israeli soldiers killed in two separate bomb attacks by Palestinian militants on armored vehicles in Gaza last week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).

 

IPhotos from L to R: #1. sraeli left wing Peace Now activists holds signs during a a demonstration against Israel's ongoing operation in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip he Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday May 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit). #2. Israeli police officers detain a left-wing activist during a demonstration against Israel's ongoing operation in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, across from the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday May 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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