Israeli armored vehicles carrying soldiers from the Golani Brigades leave the northern Gaza Strip to a base near Kibbutz Zikim, Israel, Saturday, July 8, 2006.Photo by Yehuda Lahiani / Flash90

Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigades come back from the northern Gaza Strip to a base near Kibbutz Zikim, Israel, Saturday, July 8, 2006.Photo by Yehuda Lahiani / Flash90

Palestinian family sits in front of a destroyed house in Beit Lahya in northern Gaza Strip, 08 July 2006. Israeli forces pulled back from northern Gaza today, three days after it launched a deadly military incursion the area. The offensive, however, was broadened as forces advanced on Gaza City, killing three Palestinians, and troops stepped up a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks and secure the release of a captured soldier. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - July 8, 2006: Members of the military wing of Hamas display the ID cards of Israeli soldiersthat they left behind them as Israeli tanks withdrew from most of the northern Gaza Strip during the militant's news conference in north Gaza Strip July 8 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - July 8, 2006: Palestinian old man stand in front of a part of an Israeli tank as they destroyed two days ago during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

Masked militants of Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades show a part of an Israeli tank as they destroyed two days ago during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

A members of the military wing of Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, display the ID cards of Israeli soldiers who left them behind as Israeli tanks withdrew from most, during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - July 8, 2006: A members of the military wing of Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, gestures during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

Abu Obayda (L), spokesman for Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, gestures during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - July 8, 2006: Palestinians residents react as they look at their damaged property after Israel withdrew from most of north Gaza city July 8, 2006. Israeli forces pulled back from northern Gaza today, three days after it launched a deadly military incursion the area. The offensive, however, was broadened as forces advanced on Gaza City, killing three Palestinians, and troops stepped up a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks and secure the release of a captured soldier. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

Palestinians residents react as they look at their damaged property after Israel withdrew from most of north Gaza city July 8, 2006. Israeli forces pulled back from northern Gaza today, three days after it launched a deadly military incursion the area. The offensive, however, was broadened as forces advanced on Gaza City, killing three Palestinians, and troops stepped up a campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks and secure the release of a captured soldier. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

BEIT LAHIA, GAZA STRIP - July 8, 2006: Palestinians stand in front of a part of an Israeli tank that they destroyed two days ago during a press conference hours after the Israeli army pulled back from a ribbon of fiercely contested land it had held for three days in the nothern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, 08 July 2006. Surrounded by masked militants carrying Kalashnikovs and rocket propelled grenades, Obayda spoke from the neighborhood which up until early morning had been under Israeli military control. (Photo by Ahmad Khateib /Flash90

**FILE 2006** Banias springs, which begin at the foot of Mount Hermon where the water rushes with great force though a canyon-like channel, losing 190 meters in altitude over the course of 3.5 kilometers to form the Banias waterfall, one of the most beautiful in Israel. January 8, 2006. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90

**FILE 2006** Beach at sunset on the Sea of Galilee, also Sea of Genneseret, Lake Kinneret or Lake Tiberias is Israel's largest freshwater lake, being approximately 53 km (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide. The lake has a total area of 166 km², and a maximum depth of approximately 43 m.[3] At 209 meters below sea level, it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the world after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake. January 8, 2006. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90.

**FILE2006** A bird sits on a branch in the Hula Valley in Northern Israel. The valley is an important site for birds migrating between Asia, Africa and Europe. January 07, 2006. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90

Beit Zait lake in Israel dries out in the summer sun in July of 2006. Photo by Haim Shohat /Flash90.