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7 Palestinians killed, 30 injured in today's Israeli tank and helicopter raid on Rafah refugee camp: A Palestinian man seen evacuating his child in the assaulted area. (PMC, 12/23/03).


Israeli soldiers on Monday guard a group of arrested Palestinians during an army operation in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus (Reuters photo by Abed Omar Qusini, Jordan Times, 12/23/03).


President Arafat receiving a visiting delegation from Greater Rome, in his office in Ramallah yesterday. (Alhayat Aljadedah, 12/23/03).


Ahmed Rahal with his wife, Buthaina, and son Arab, 11. She and the children left for Jordan the next day. (Carolyn Cole / LAT, 12/22/03)


A Muslim woman wearing her head scarf, with the French flag and 'Liberty, Equality' painted on her face, chants slogans as about one thousand people demonstrate in Paris Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003, to protest a planned law banning Islamic head scarves and other religious insignia in public schools. (Montreal Muslims.com, 12/23/03)


Iraqi mothers, on hunger strike, crying in front of the Iraqi society of human rights in Kirkuk, demanding the US occupation forces to release their detained sons. (Assafir, 12/23/03).


Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher is helped by security personnel to leave the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after being attacked. (AFP, Arab News, 12/23/03).


Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher, surrounded by security officers, after he was assaulted by members of Al-Tahrir (Liberation) Party at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in occupied Jerusalem yesterday. A Palestinian official delegation left to Cairo to express condemnation of the assault. (Alquds, 12/23/03).


A vehicle on fire after a road bomb exploded under it north of Baghdad. 2 US soldiers were killed, 14 were injured (Al-Ra'i, 12/23/03).


Two US soldiers guarding a Kurdish demonstration in Kirkuk yesterday. Kurds want the oil-rich Kirkuk to become part of their autonomous region. (Assafir, 12/23/03).


Foreign Ministers of Spain (Anna Palacio) and Japan (Poriko Kawaguchi) in Tokyo yesterday (Alittihad, 12/23/03).


Polish president, Kvashinski, receiving half of a chocolate bar from a Polish soldier in Iraq yesterday. The US invasion of Iraq allowed a golden opportunity of public relations for leaders of countries who may never have made it to international headline news, such as those of Poland or Spain. (Assafir, 12/23/03).


Palestinian boys cry over the body of their father in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. 8 Palestinians were killed and 40 were injured, and many homes were destroyed during a savage Israeli occupation raid on the refugee camp on Tuesday. (AFP, Arab News, 12/24/03).


One of the eight Palestinian victims, who were killed during the savage Israeli raid on Rafah, on Tuesday. Forty innocent civilians were injured, ten of them are in critical conditions,. (Alhayat Aljadeda, 12/24/03).


A Palestinian child carrying his little brother or sister away from the area, which was the target of the Israeli raid on Rafah. (Alhayat Aljadedah, 12/24/03).


The unprovoked Israeli occupation raid on the Rafah refugee camp resulted in killing ten Palestinians and injuring 40, ten of whom are in critical conditions. Israelis also demolished 30 homes and terrorized a whole city before leaving the area (Alquds Alarabi, 12/24/03).


One of the eight Palestinian victims, who were killed during the savage Israeli raid on Rafah, on Tuesday, with his blood spilled on the sands. Forty innocent civilians were injured, ten of them are in critical conditions,. (Alhayat Aljadeda, 12/24/03).


President Yasser Arafat receiving a delegation of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religious leaders, on Christmas Eve. This visit came in response to the Israeli occupation government refusal to allow President Arafat attend the religious festival in the Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian City of Bethlehem. (Alquds, 12/24/03)


Castro and Chavez, the last warriors, in Caracas yesterday. Castro said that Saddam's mistakes did not justify the US invasion and destruction of Iraq. He added that he received chemical weapons from the US and Europe and his war against Iran was totally supported by the NATO countries. (Assafir, 12/24/03)


Five Arab women from Lebanon succeeded in climbing to the top of Mountain Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and came back safely, last week. These were Noura Walid Jumblat, Aida Saud Shawaf, Lara Saud Shawaf, and Safa Nasser Sa'adi. (Dar Al-Hayat, 12/24/03).


Saudi currency merchants exchange about half a billion Iraqi dinars daily in Hafr Al-Batin area. The new Iraqi currency has become a trade commodity in the Gulf area, particularly Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. (Al-Watan, 12/24/03).


Two US soldiers guarding a Kurdish demonstration in Kirkuk yesterday. Kurds want the oil-rich Kirkuk to become part of their autonomous region. (Assafir, 12/23/03).


U.S. soldier waves from his tank at a checkpoint at sunset on Christmas Eve in a military camp outside the town of Baquba in central Iraq, December 24, 2003. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters, 12/24/03).


An Israeli missile strike on Jabalya refugee camp assassinated the Jihad member Meqled Hamid and 4 other Palestinians on Thursday. Above: Some Palestinians trying to assist one of the injured victims of the Israeli assassination raid (Reuters, 12/25/03).


An Israeli rescue worker searches the scene beside covered bodies after an explosion at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv, December 25, 2003. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on Thursday it sent the suicide bomber who killed at least three people at the bus stop. The attack came minutes after Israeli helicopters assassinated a top Islamic leader and at least four people in Gaza. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters, 12/25/03).


A Palestinian child lights candles in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday (REUTERS photo by Goran Tomasevic, Jordan Times, 12/25/03).


The kefiyeh (head dress) of the Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat) covering his empty chair in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, during the Christmas celebration. The Israeli occupation government has prevented Arafat from attending the celebration for the third year. (PMC, 12/25/03).


A view of the destruction inflicted on Rafah during the unprovoked and savage Israeli occupation raid on Rafah, in which 8 Palestinians were killed, 40 were injured, and 30 houses were destroyed. (Al-Ayyam, 12/25/03).


Another view of the destruction inflicted on Rafah during the unprovoked and savage Israeli occupation raid, in which 8 Palestinians were killed, 40 were injured, and 30 houses were destroyed. (Al-Ayyam, 12/25/03).


Jordanian government advised daughters of the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussain, to decrease their appearance on TV channels and other media, reminding them that they stay in Jordan for humanitarian reasons, not political ones. (Dar Al-Hayat, 12/25/03)


Presidents Mubarak and Assad in Sharm El-Shaikh yesterday. They called for a WMD-free Middle East, meaning including Israel (Dar Al-Hayat, 12/25/03).


US soldiers examining an Iraqi vehicle after the explosion that killed four in the Kurdish Ministry of Interior in Arbil. (Al-Riyadh, 12/25/03).


The scene of the attack on the procession of the Pakistani President, which resulted in killing 14 people. (Bab, 12/25/03).