A Hasidic Jewish man, from the Breslov sect, holds an Israeli flag as he dances with Israeli troops during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Nov. 19. Israel bombed dozens of targets in Gaza on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave.

Israeli troops cheer as a Hasidic Jewish man, from the Breslov sect, dances during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Nov. 19.

Hasidic Jewish men, from the Breslov sect, ride on a van with Israeli flags during a visit to support the soldiers, near the border with the Gaza Strip, visible in the background, on Nov. 19.

A Palestinian firefighter is backdropped by the burning Al Shorouq media building following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Monday.

A Palestinian firefighter tries to extinguish a fire after an Israeli air strike on a building that also houses international media offices in Gaza City on Monday.

Palestinians evacuate a wounded man after an Israeli air strike on a floor in a building that also houses media offices in Gaza City on Monday.

Smoke is seen after an Israeli air strike on the Al Shorouq media building in Gaza City on Monday.

Palestinians work to dig out a car after an Israeli air raid in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on Nov. 15, 2012.

A Palestinian man calls for help as he and others try to save a man trapped under his car just after an Israeli air raid in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia on Nov. 15, 2012.

Civil defense members try to dig out a wounded Palestinian man buried under sand after an Israeli air strike took place near his car in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15.

Palestinians evacuate a wounded man after an Israeli air strike took place near his car in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15.

Columns of smoke rise following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Palestinian witnesses say Israeli airstrikes have hit a series of targets across Gaza City, shortly after the assassination of the top Hamas commander. Hamas security officials say two Hamas training facilities were among the targets in the Wednesday afternoon bombings.

Palestinians help extinguish a fire after an Israeli air strike on the car of Hamas's top commander in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Ahmed Al-Jaabari, Hamas's military chief, was killed when his car was hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Israeli soldiers and civilians run to a rocket shelter as a siren sounds signaling an attack coming from the nearby Gaza Strip in Neva settlement, near the Israel-Egypt border, on Nov. 14.

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 14. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell".

Jihad Masharawi weeps while he holds the body of his 11-month old son Ahmad, at Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike on their family house, in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. The Israeli military said its assassination of the Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari, marks the beginning of an operation against Gaza militants.
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Palestinians help to evacuate a woman following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell".

A wounded Palestinian girl cries as she sits on a hospital bed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on Nov. 14. Israel killed the military commander of the Islamist group Hamas in a missile strike on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and launched air raids across the enclave, pushing the two sides to the brink of a new war. Hamas said Ahmed Al-Jaabari, who ran the organisation's armed wing, Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam, died along with an unnamed associate when their car was blown apart by an Israeli missile. Palestinians said nine people were killed, including a seven-year-old girl.

A Palestinian passes by a destroyed Hamas site after an Israeli air strike hit an area south of Gaza City on, Nov. 14. Hamas says the head of its military wing has been killed in an Israeli air strike. Israel said it had targeted Ahmed al-Jabari because of what it called his decade-long terrorist activity.

A rocket is launched from Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip towards Israel, on Nov. 14. Israel killed a top Hamas military commander in a targeted air strike in Gaza, prompting outrage from Palestinian militants who said the Jewish state had opened "the gates of hell."

Israelis watch Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on television in a bomb shelter on Nov. 14, in Netivot, Israel. Israel Defense Forces launched aerial attacks on targets in Gaza that killed the top military commander of Hamas.

Israeli children play games at a bomb shelter on Nov. 14 in Netivot, Israel. Israel Defense Forces launched aerial attacks on targets in Gaza that killed the top military commander of Hamas.

A baby is seen at a broken window after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza hit a house in the southern Israeli town of Netivot on November 12, 2012, causing damage but no injuries.

Tami Shadadi surveys the damage to her house in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on November 12, 2012, after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza the previous day.

Relatives of Palestinian Matter Abu al-Atta, who was killed in Israeli shelling on Saturday, mourn during his funeral in Gaza City on November 11, 2012. Israel said it was poised to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday following a surge of rocket and mortar salvoes by Hamas and other factions in the Palestinian enclave.

A Palestinian walks near a factory after it was hit by an Israeli tank shell in the northern Gaza Strip on November 11, 2012.

Palestinian relatives of Hamas gunman Ismail al-Tille mourn during his funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24. Raids by Israel on Tuesday killed three members of the Islamist group, one of them al-Tille, in control of the coastal territory. Israel killed another Hamas gunman in its second round of air strikes in as many days on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, responding to rocket fire at its southern towns that wounded three people.

A Palestinian boy watches the funeral of Hamas gunman Ismail al-Tille in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 24. Separate raids by Israel on Tuesday killed three members of the Islamist group, one of them al-Tille, in control of the coastal territory.

Trails of smoke are seen after the launch of rockets from the northern Gaza strip towards Israel Oct. 24. Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit.

An Israeli man surveys the damage of his house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a community along the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Oct. 24. Rockets and mortars from Gaza have pummeled southern Israel, drawing Israeli airstrikes that killed a Palestinian militant. The Israeli military said 60 rockets and mortars were fired by early morning Wednesday, following a volley the night before and that Israeli aircraft struck Gaza three times.

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant stands guard during a rally to mark the 25th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City on Oct. 4, 2012.

A child dressed as a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant is lifted onto the shoulders of an adult.

Palestinian women shout slogans during the rally.

A boy dressed as a Palestinian Islamic Jihad millitant takes part in the rally.

Female Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in the rally to mark the 25th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City on Oct. 4, 2012.

Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 12. Originally developed in France, parkour is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Training is held in cemeteries and in former Israeli settlements. The ages of the young people practicing parkour range from 12 to 23 years old.

Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 12.

A relative of Ihab and Akram al-Zaanin, two Palestinian brothers who were killed by Israeli fire, is comforted by family members as she mourns during their funeral in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on Sept. 6.

Relatives of Palestinian militants Akram and Ehab al Zaneen mourn during their funeral in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Sept. 6.

A Palestinian woman raises her arms as she tries to approach the bodies of three militants killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip Sept. 6.

Palestinians watch as others try to approach the bodies of three militants killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip Sept. 6. The Israeli military said they were trying to plant explosives near a border fence when they were attacked.