Palestinian security forces keep guard as a rocket-shaped balloon flies behind them, during a celebration for Israel's Gaza withdrawal attended by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, at the Gaza International airport, on the outskirts of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 19, 2005.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, framed by yellow Fatah flags and a Palestinian one, addresses a crowd at the Gaza international airport, outside Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 19, 2005. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas promised his people jobs, freedom of movement and new homes after Israel's Gaza pullout.
A Palestinian youth waves the Palestinian flag during a celebration of the Israeli Gaza withdrawal, attended by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, at the Gaza international airport outside Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 19, 2005.
A Palestinian security officer stands guard, as hundreds of supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas take part in a special midday prayer celebrating the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, in front of Abbas' headquarters in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 19, 2005.
A Jewish settler screams at Israeli troops as they enter the settlement of Gadid Aug. 19, 2005. Israeli troops quickly cleared out Gadid's synagogue, full of opponents to the Gaza pullout, avoiding a repeat of Thursday's violence in which youths holed up on a rooftop pelted soldiers with acid, oil and sand.
Jewish settlers look out from holes in their roof as Israeli police arrive to evict them from their home in the Jewish settlement of Gadid Aug. 19, 2005. The smooth operation that cleared out the small settlement of Gadid was the latest sign of progress as Israel pushed forward with its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli police evict a settler family from their home in the Jewish settlement of Gadid Aug. 19, 2005.
A Jewish settler boy cries and shouts at Israeli police as he and fellow settlers are taken away by bus from the Jewish settlement of Gadid Aug. 19, 2005.
Two Palestinian members of the Fatah movement wave Palestinian flags, as a group of Palestinians take part in the midday prayer in the outskirts of the Rafah refugee camp, near the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements, in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug, 19, 2005.
Palestinian security forces walk in front of the security wall of the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, Aug. 19, 2005. The forced evacuations of Gaza's settlers began Aug. 17, and by Aug. 19, most of the 21 settlements were just about empty. Under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to hand over Gaza to the Palestinians, the settlements will be razed.
An Israeli border police officer has breakfast as another prays in the Reim army base Aug. 19, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian girl wearing a traditional Arabic scarf prays among other women during prayers near the Jewish settlement of Morag on the outskirts of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 19, 2005.