An Israeli tank passes the damaged front of the prison during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Israeli troops using tanks, helicopters and bulldozers pounded the prison, forcing the surrender of a Palestinian militant leader and his accomplices in the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister.
Israeli bulldozers destroy part of the prison compound in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday March 14, 2006. Israeli forces backed by bulldozers and tanks laid siege to the prison, pulling out scores of prisoners and guards and destroying much of the building before capturing a group of prisoners linked to the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister.
Israeli soldiers guard Palestinian prisoners as smoke billows from a prison during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
An Israeli soldier sits in the back of a jeep as smoke billows from the prison during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Israeli forces driving bulldozers and firing tank shells burst into a Palestinian prison in Jericho and pulled out dozens of inmates in their underwear in a raid targeting a group of prisoners linked to the killing an Israeli Cabinet minister.
An Israeli military vehicle is seen next to the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday March 14, 2006. Six Palestinian militants holed up inside the prison surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday, almost 10 hours after Israeli troops laid siege to the compound.
Palestinian prisoners line up in front of Israeli soldiers as they are marched out of the prison at the end of the standoff in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday March 14, 2006.
A blindfolded man, right, believed to be Palestinian leader Ahmed Saadat is arrested by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Israeli forces backed by bulldozers and tanks laid siege to a prison in Jericho, pulling out scores of prisoners and guards and destroying much of the building before capturing a group of prisoners linked to the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister.
Israeli army vehicles secure the area as smoke billows out of the prison at the end of a standoff in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday March 14, 2006.
A Palestinian police officer holds his weapon as he escorts the convoy with foreigners leaving Gaza Tuesday March 14, 2006. Palestinian gunmen abducted 10 journalists and aid workers and vandalized offices linked to the U.S. and Britain, in the most violent campaign against foreigners in recent memory.
Smoke rises from a burning vehicle set on fire by protesters next to the British Council in Gaza Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The protest was carried out following an Israeli army raid on a prison in Jericho. The Palestinians blamed the Jericho raid on the British and Americans, who removed their monitors from the jail just before the Israeli raid.
Incoming Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh attends a meeting in Gaza Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Six Palestinian militants holed up inside a West Bank prison in Jericho surrendered to Israeli forces, almost 10 hours after Israeli troops laid siege to the compound. Haniyeh said the Israeli raid on the Jericho prison was "a dangerous escalation against the Palestinian leaders and freedom fighters."
Palestinians carry a portrait Ahmed Saadat, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader, and mock weapons during a protest at the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus on Tuesday March 14, 2006. Saadat a top Palestinian militant leader was captured by Israeli troops who surrounded a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho to arrest him.
A Palestinian police officer gestures as he stands next to a vehicle set on fire at the British Council in Gaza Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The protest was carried out following an Israeli army raid on a prison in Jericho. The Palestinians blamed the Jericho raid on the British and Americans, who removed their monitors from the jail just before the Israeli raid.
Palestinians shoot in the air during a protest outside the British Council building in Gaza Tuesday, March 14, 2006. The protest was carried out following an Israeli army raid on a prison in Jericho. The Palestinians blamed the Jericho raid on the British and Americans, who removed their monitors from the jail just before the Israeli raid.
Supporters from PFLP, Popular Front Liberation of Palestine, storm the building of the European Union in Gaza Tuesday March 14, 2006, in protest after Israeli forces raided a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho demanding the surrender of six prisoners inside. Ahmed Saadat was being held in the Jericho prison for ordering the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in 2001.
Armed Palestinian militants take to the streets in the West Bank town of Jenin to protest an Israeli army raid on a prison in Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Israeli forces driving bulldozers and firing tank shells burst into the prison and pulled out dozens of inmates in their underwear in a raid targeting a group of prisoners linked to the killing an Israeli Cabinet minister.