The sister, no name available, of Israeli soldier Asaf Bitan, left, and an unidentified family member cry over the soldier's coffin during his funeral in the northern city of Afula Sunday, Jan. 26 2003. Bitan was killed Thursday with two other soldiers by a Palestinian gunmen ambush in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) |
The father of Rami Isa, the head of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement and one of twelve Palestinians killed by Israeli troops, hugs his son in the morgue before his funeral in Gaza City January 26, 2003. Israel killed 12 Palestinians on Sunday in its deepest thrust into Gaza City in two years of fighting, a show of strength underlining Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites)'s tough security policy two days before an election. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah |