Photostory: Israel invades Gaza, 27 June 2006

Israeli soldiers preparing to attack the Gaza Strip at Rafah crossing. (MaanImages/Moti Milrod)

The Israeli army masses troops near the border with the Gaza Strip June 26, 2006. (MaanImages/Inbal Rose)

The Israeli army masses troops near the border with the Gaza Strip June 26, 2006. (MaanImages/Inbal Rose)

The Israeli army amasses troops near the Gaza border, June 27, 2006. (MaanImages/Moti Milrod)

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires shells towards the Gaza Strip. (MaanImages/Moti Milrod)

A Palestinian family that evacuated their home after Israel attacked the Gaza Strip, demolishing bridges and a power station, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar)

A Palestinian family evacuating their home after Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip demolished bridges and a power station, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar)

Palestinians inspecting a bridge destroyed by Israeli army warplanes in the northern Gaza Strip, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Wesam Saleh)

A Palestinian fireman fights a fire at a metal foundry in Rafah Refugee Camp in the southern Gaza Strip, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar)

Palestinian electricity workers extinguish a fire inside the headquarters of the main electricity company in the Gaza Strip after it was attacked by an Israeli missile during air strikes over the city, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Wesam Saleh)

Palestinians inspecting a bridge destroyed by Israeli army warplanes on a main road in the northern Gaza Strip, June 28, 2006. (MaanImages/Wesam Saleh)

A Palestinian boy selling candles in Gaza City June 29, 2006.(MaanImages/Wesam Saleh)

Palestinian children collecting firewood in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, June 29, 2006. (MaanImages/Wesam Saleh)

Palestinians remove the wreckage after Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis in the northern Gaza Strip, June 29, 2006. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar)

Palestinians remove the wreckage after Israel launched air strikes in Khan Younis in the northern Gaza Strip, June 29, 2006. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar)

Israeli soldiers taking positions during an invasion to arrest Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 28, 2006. Ramallah is where the illegal settler taken prisoner in response to the Gaza raid is believed to be held. (MaanImages/Fadi Arouri)

The Palestinian Parliament in Ramallah is empty after Israeli soldiers arrested 64 members of the government and lawmakers in overnight raids in the West Bank, June 29, 2006. (MaanImages/Mushir Abdelrahman)

Hamas supporters demonstrate during a protest against the arrest of Palestinian ministers and lawmakers by Israeli troops in Hebron, June 29, 2006. (MaanImages/Mahmoun Wazwaz)

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