Gaza

Sheep are smuggled into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel under the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah on November 08, 2010. Residents of the poverty-stricken Gaza Strip fear a shortage of sacrificial cattle ahead of a major Muslim holiday due to Israel's blockade. Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and is celebrated in remembrance of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God.

Civil activists shout free Gaza slogans at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi on December 2, 2010. About 50 civil activists from India began their journey to Gaza on December 2 as part of the first Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan. The caravan plans to travel across Pakistan, Turkey, Syria. Lebanon and Egypt to reach Palestine to express solidarity with the people of Palestine in their resistance against Israel.

Sheep are smuggled into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel under the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah on November 08, 2010. Residents of the poverty-stricken Gaza Strip fear a shortage of sacrificial cattle ahead of a major Muslim holiday due to Israel's blockade. Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and is celebrated in remembrance of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God.

Civil activists shout free Gaza slogans at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi on December 2, 2010. About 50 civil activists from India began their journey to Gaza on December 2 as part of the first Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan. The caravan plans to travel across Pakistan, Turkey, Syria. Lebanon and Egypt to reach Palestine to express solidarity with the people of Palestine in their resistance against Israel.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza are being readied for transfer into the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Hamas� leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya leads an Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza are being readied for transfer into the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Hamas� leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) waves to Muslim worshippers following an Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City early on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Hamas� leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) waves to Muslim worshippers following an Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City early on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

Hamas� leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya is surrounded by bodyguards as he delivers a speech to Muslim worshipers during a Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Hamas� leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) greets Muslim worshippers following an Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza are being readied for transfer into the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Cars intended for transfer into Gaza wait to enter the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at the Erez crossing on September 20, 2010, following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.

Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) waves to Muslim worshippers following an Eid al-Adha prayer in Gaza City early on November 16, 2010 as Muslims worldwide commemorate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, marking the end of the hajj and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

A pictures shows bees at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Strawberries grown in the Palestinian Gaza Strip are seen prior to being loaded onto a truck for export across the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in southern Gaza on November 28, 2010, after Israel granted special approval for the export of a small amount of Palestinian Strawberries and flowers from the Gaza Strip to the European market. Two trucks loaded with flowers and Strawberry will be able to leave the impoverished territory over the next two weeks with European coordination. Sealed off from the outside world, Gaza's farmers are entering their fourth year of export restrictions, imposed by Israel after the Islamist Hamas party took control of the impoverished strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

A pictures shows bees at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Strawberries grown in the Palestinian Gaza Strip are seen prior to being loaded onto a truck for export across Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip on November 28, 2010, after Israel granted special approval for the export of a small amount of Palestinian Strawberries and flowers from the Gaza Strip to the European market. Two trucks loaded with flowers and Strawberry will be able to leave the impoverished territory over the next two weeks with European coordination. Sealed off from the outside world, Gaza's farmers are entering their fourth year of export restrictions, imposed by Israel after the Islamist Hamas party took control of the impoverished strip.

A pictures shows bees at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his bee farm from the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army destroyed the area around it during its last majeure military offensive in January 2009. The apiary�s 450 hives produce some 4000 kilos of honey every year and it is sold only in the Gaza Strip.