Israeli soldiers conduct a search operation in the the Old City of the West Bank town of Nablus, Aug. 21, 2003. Israeli troops and tanks moved into the West Bank towns of Nablus and Jenin, searching for Palestinian militants in the wake of a devastating suicide bombing earlier in the week.
Smoke rises from the apartment belonging to the family of Palestinian suicide bomber Raed Mesk during its destruction by the Israeli army in the West Bank town of Hebron, Aug. 21, 2003. Mesk, a 29-year-old mosque preacher, was the bomber who killed 20 people and injured more than 100 in a suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem two days earlier.
Neighbors inspect an apartment belonging to the family of Palestinian suicide bomber Raed Mesk after its destruction by the Israeli army in the West Bank town of Hebron, Aug. 21, 2003. Mesk, a 29-year-old mosque preacher, killed 20 people and injured more than 100 in a suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem.
An Israeli soldier watches over handcuffed Palestinian residents during a raid in the the old city of the West Bank town of Nablus, Aug. 21, 2003. Israeli troops and tanks moved into the West Bank towns of Nablus and Jenin searching for Palestinian militants in the wake of a devastating suicide bombing earlier in the week. A curfew was imposed in central Nablus.
A Palestinian man runs as a moving Israeli tank rolls in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Aug. 21 2003.
Israeli tanks sit on a street during an raid in the center of the West Bank town of Nablus, Aug. 21, 2003.
A Palestinian man runs away as an Israeli tank rolls in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Aug. 21, 2003.
A Palestinian man throws stones at a moving Israeli tank, not seen, in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Aug. 21 2003.
Palestinians try to remove a body from car after the Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003.
Palestinians shout slogans as they stand atop the wreckage of the car belonging to senior Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003. An Israeli helicopter fired five missiles at the car killing Shanab and two of his bodyguards. The missile strike comes two days after a Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up on a Jerusalem bus, killing 20 people.
A body lies among the burned wreckage of the car belonging to senior Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003. An Israeli helicopter fired five missiles at the car killing Shanab and two of his bodyguards.
Palestinians carry a body out of the wreckage of a car belonging to senior Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003. An Israeli helicopter fired five missiles at the car, killing Shanab and two of his bodyguards.
Palestinians carry a body away from the wreckage of the car belonging to senior Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003.
Palestinians shout, as one holds a fire extinguisher, next to the wreckage of the car belonging to senior Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab in Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2003.