Photo Gallery Invading the Gaza Strip
Masked Hamas militants in Nablus participate in a demonstration in support of the Hamas-led government.
Abu Abir, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee, displays a copy of the identity card of the murdered Jewish settler, Eliyahu Asheri.
Press conference of the Islamic Jihad: Masked militants display their guns as they march in the streets before talking to the media in Rafah.
Protests in Tel Aviv: Israeli left-wing activists protest in front of the Defence Ministry against the Gaza invasion.
Palestinian youngsters line up to fill up bottles and jerry cans with water in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis. Earlier in the day, Israel destroyed the main power plants, thus stopping the distribution of water to homes.
Meeting point: Shortly before their deployment, Israeli army soldiers gather just outside the Gaza Strip.
Bombings: Smoke rises from an explosion after an F-16 Israeli warplane fires a missile at a Hamas training ground.
Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian men during a military operation in Ramallah.
An Israeli soldier at the Gaza border. This military mission is the first in the Gaza Strip since the withdrawal of Israeli troops last September.
Bombings: Smoke billows over the Palestinain village of Beit Hanoun following an Israeli attack.
Israeli tanks and bulldozers gather just outside the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli 155mm mobile artillery unit fires towards the Gaza Strip from Nahal Oz.
Israeli soldiers prepare their tanks for battle on the Israeli-Gaza border.
Palestinians return to their home to remove the wreckage following Israeli air strikes.
Israeli artillery: Israeli soldiers reload an artillery piece near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, just outside the northern Gaza Strip.
