Conflict in Gaza

Smoke billows from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air raid.  (Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images)

Palestinians carry the body of 4-year-old Lama Hamdan during her funeral in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. Two sisters, Lama and Haia Hamdan, were killed earlier Tuesday in Israeli missile attacks in the northern part of the city.  (Mohammed Saber / EPA)

Activists aboard the Dignity, right, arrive in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre after a clash with an Israeli naval ship forced it to divert to Lebanon. The boat carrying activists and medical supplies was trying to break the blockade of Gaza. There were no casualties in the collision.  (Mahmoud Zayat / AFP / Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers and friends of Lutfi Nasser A-Di mourn during his funeral in a village near Haifa. The soldier in the Israeli army was killed by a Palestinian missile Monday.  (Tomer Neuberg / EPA)

Eli Azran mourns his daughter Irit Shitrit, 39, during her funeral in Ashdod, Israel. Shitrit was killed when a Hamas rocket hit Ashdod, a town south of Tel Aviv.  (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier prays, center, among other soldiers Tuesday while taking position on the Israel-Gaza Strip border. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the offensive will be expanded ‘as we see fit.’  (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes at a demonstration against Israel’s military operation in Gaza in the West Bank town of Hebron.  (Nasser Shiyoukhi / Associated Press)

Palestinians search the remains of a destroyed building used by Hamas police. An Israeli missile strike hit the structure in Gaza City.  (Mohammed Sabar / EPA)