Israeli attacks in Gaza

Palestinian protesters throw burning tires to form a blockade at the Kalandia checkpoint border crossing. Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank after noontime prayers to show their anger about the bombing in Gaza. Young protesters threw rocks, and Israeli authorities countered with tear gas and rubber bullets.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A cloud of smoke rises about a Palestinian protest.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers rains down as they attempt to push back Palestinian protesters from the border crossing.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Israeli soldiers watch Palestinian protesters at the Kalandia border crossing between the West Bank and Jerusalem. Empty tear gas canisters litter the ground.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem during a demonstration against Israel’s military operation in Gaza.  (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)

Hundreds of men and women march in protest through the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank after noontime prayers to demonstrate their anger about the situation in Gaza.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip flies towards an Israeli target.  (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)

Smoke is evident above the outskirts of Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike.  (Adel Hana / Associated Press)

A Palestinian in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip picks through the rubble of houses that were destroyed by an Israeli airstrike against senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan.  (Ali Ali / EPA)

Residents of the Israeli city of Ashkelon take cover from incoming Palestinian rockets.  (Pavel Wolberg / EPA)

Palestinians carry the bodies of family members of Hamas leader Nizar Rayan during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Rayan was killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike along with four of his wives and at least nine of his children.  (Khalil Hamra / Associated Press)

Israeli forces bomb the northern Gaza Strip on the sixth day of its offensive on the Palestinian territory. The Islamic militant group Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel. In one incident, a rocket destroyed the top floor of an apartment building in Ashdod, terrifying residents.

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Rachel Mor, 25, left, and friend Sophie Mor comfort each other after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants landed on the building in which Rachel lives in Ashdod, Israel. No one was injured in the attack.

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Residents leave their apartment building in Ashdod, Israel, after a rocket fired by Hamas militants lands on the top floor. All residents were told to leave because of concerns that the damaged building would collapse.

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Two neighbors express relief at having survived a rocket attack on the Israeli city of Ashdod by Hamas militants.

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Residents leave their apartment building, whose top floor was destroyed by a rocket. The attack in Ashdod, Israel, did not cause any casualties, but it left residents shaken.

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The fighting between Israel and Hamas militants continues as the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip enters its sixth day. The bloodshed has killed at least 410 Palestinians and four Israelis.

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Israeli troops wait in a muddy field. Rains over the last few days have made it more difficult for Israel to carry out its airstrikes on Gaza Strip targets.

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In Sderot, the Israeli town that is a frequent target of cross-border rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, onlookers watch Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

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Smoke rises from an apartment complex inside Gaza as the conflict between Hamas and Israel continues, with numerous rockets fired on both sides.

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A Palestinian man looks out from his damaged home at neighboring buildings destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day in attacks against Hamas, which controls the territory.  (Abid Katib / Getty Images)

Smoke billows from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air raid.  (Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images)

Palestinians carry the body of 4-year-old Lama Hamdan during her funeral in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. Two sisters, Lama and Haia Hamdan, were killed earlier Tuesday in Israeli missile attacks in the northern part of the city.  (Mohammed Saber / EPA)

Activists aboard the Dignity, right, arrive in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre after a clash with an Israeli naval ship forced it to divert to Lebanon. The boat carrying activists and medical supplies was trying to break the blockade of Gaza. There were no casualties in the collision.  (Mahmoud Zayat / AFP / Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers and friends of Lutfi Nasser A-Di mourn during his funeral in a village near Haifa. The soldier in the Israeli army was killed by a Palestinian missile Monday.  (Tomer Neuberg / EPA)

Eli Azran mourns his daughter Irit Shitrit, 39, during her funeral in Ashdod, Israel. Shitrit was killed when a Hamas rocket hit Ashdod, a town south of Tel Aviv.  (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier prays, center, among other soldiers Tuesday while taking position on the Israel-Gaza Strip border. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the offensive will be expanded ‘as we see fit.’  (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes at a demonstration against Israel’s military operation in Gaza in the West Bank town of Hebron.  (Nasser Shiyoukhi / Associated Press)

Palestinians search the remains of a destroyed building used by Hamas police. An Israeli missile strike hit the structure in Gaza City.  (Mohammed Sabar / EPA)