Recent violence in Gaza

February 27 2008: Israeli air strikes have targeted militants in Kahn Younis. Palestinians carry the body of the Hamas fighter Omar Abu Akar during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip Photograph: Getty

February 28 2008: The father of six-month-old Mohammed Bourai shows the crib belonging to his son, who was killed in the Hamas government's interior ministry building when an Israeli helicopter struck it with missiles Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP

February 28 2008: A Palestinian relative of six-month-old Mohammed Bourai stands among the wreckage at his family's home Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

February 28 2008: An Israeli woman in a shelter in Sderot screams as a 'red alert' is sounded in response to the launching of a rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

February 29 2008: Palestinians stand on the rubble of a building used by the Islamic group Hamas after it is hit by an Israeli missile Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP

February 29 2008: Injured Palestinians are helped after an Israeli missile strike Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP

February 29 2008: A Palestinian policeman walks in the rubble of the Palestinian Workers Union building, destroyed in an Israeli air strike Photograph: Adel Hana/AP

March 1 2008: Mourners pray at a mosque during the funeral of eight militants in Jebaliya, northern Gaze Strip Photograph: Ashraf Amra/AP

February 29 2008: Thousands of Palestinians from different political movements unite to protest against Israeli military operations. Boys play dead during a mock funeral of children organised by protesters in Gaza City Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP

March 1 2008: A Palestinian boy, holding a doll to commemorate a baby killed during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, participates in a sit-in front of Khalid Bin Walid mosque in the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon Photograph: EPA

March 1 2008: Palestinian students of Hebron University from both Fatah and Hamas movements protest in front of their campus in the West Bank city of Hebron against the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip Photograph: Hazem Bader/AFP

March 2 2008: A Palestinian child holds a bloodied doll representing dead Palestinian children, during a protest in the Ein al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon Photograph: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP

March 3 2008: A security wall is decorated with soft toys in front of the United Nations house, during a protest with schoolchildren in Beirut against the violence in Gaza Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA

March 2 2008: A Palestinian medic shows the blood of Mahmoud Atea, 17, at the hospital as he prepares him for his funeral Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

March 2 2008: Palestinian fighters take up position during an Israeli operation east of Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty

March 3 2008: Israeli policemen in plainclothes arrest Palestinian youths during a violent protest in East Jerusalem. Israel has vowed to keep hitting Gaza even as troops have pulled out of the Hamas-run territory Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AP

March 3 2008: Palestinians inspect their destroyed houses following the deadly Israeli assault in Jabaliya refugee camp Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP