ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, 8 January 2009
An Israeli soldier walks towards a street sign giving directions for Gaza on the Israel side of the border with Gaza (Beta)

GAZA CITY, 8 January 2009
Fire and smoke is seen from Israeli miltary operations in Gaza City (Beta)

ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, 8 January 2009
An Israeli tank advances along the Israel-Gaza border, from southern Israel (Beta)

RAFAH , 8 January 2009
A Palestinian woman reacts while standing in the rubble of her house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza (Beta)

ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, 8 January 2009
Israeli soldiers sleep next to the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, Jan. 8 (Beta)

BEIT LAHIYA, 8 January 2009
A severely injured Palestinian man is carried moments after being hit in an Israeli missile strike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip (Beta)

ISRAEL GAZA BORDER, 8 January 2009
Israeli troops drive next to the Israeli Gaza border, Thursday, Jan. 8 (Beta)

EREZ, 8 January 2009
Catholic nuns and a priest arrive on the Israeli side of the Erez Crossing, after leaving the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 8 (Beta)

SOUTHERN ISRAEL, 8 January 2009
An Israeli tank advances along the Israel-Gaza border, from southern Israel (Beta)