Gaza Beit Lahiya Bulldozing

An Israeli soldier walks next to an Israeli tank near the Jewish settlement of Nisanit in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2004. On Sept. 29, Israel launched "Operation Days of Penitence," meant to stop Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli communities. The offensive into the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 108 Palestinians, among them dozens of civilians and at least 18 minors.

Palestinian medics rush a wounded man to the treatment room at Kamal Edwan Hospital, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2004.

Palestinian militants and mourners shout slogans during the funeral procession of Islamic Jihad militant Ali Shaat at the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004. About 20 Israeli tanks moved into the camp overnight and bulldozers destroyed at least 32 homes and damaged 10, according to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which aids refugees.

A Palestinian woman sits with her children in the rubble of her family home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers pulled back from Beit Lahiya after tearing up roads, flattening strawberry greenhouses and orange groves and knocking down walls of dozens of houses.

A Palestinian bedouin woman walks through an area after Israeli bulldozers demolished houses in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004. Israeli tanks and bulldozers had moved into Beit Lahiya, in what residents said was the most devastating raid in four years of fighting.

An Israeli soldier sits atop of an army tank in a staging area near the Jewish settlement of Elei Sinai next to the Palestinian town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004.

Palestinian women salvage belongings and food in the rubble of their destroyed home in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004.

Palestinian children stand in the rubble of a house bulldozed by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2004.

A torn photograph of one of the Palestinian children of the Kilani family lies in the rubble of their house, which was demolished by Israeli army bulldozers, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2004.

Palestinian boys search in the rubble of their house, which was demolished two days eariler by Israeli army bulldozers, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2004. Israel was scaling back its 17-day offensive in the Gaza Strip, after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heeded the army's warning that an extended stay in crowded Palestinian areas is too risky and the United States called for a quick Israeli pullout.