An Israeli security officer examines a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip embedded in a road in the town of Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday Dec 24, 2006. Photo by Almog Sugavker /Flash90

Palestinian police officers guards on a roof top overlooking the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square on Christmas Eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Sunday Dec. 24, 2006. Photo by Yossi Zamir-Flash 90

Poster of Palestinians killed by the Israel army adorn a shop as Palestinians stand watching the traditional Christmas Eve procession outside the Church of the Nativity through Manger Square in the biblical city of Bethlehem 24 December 2006. The festivities in the town where according to tradition Jesus was born have been overshadow by a long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process and recent Palestinian in-fighting in Gaza and the West Bank. Photo by Yossi Zamir-Flash 90

Palestinian police officer and his son watching the traditional Christmas Eve procession outside the Church of the Nativity through Manger Square in the biblical city of Bethlehem 24 December 2006. The festivities in the town where according to tradition Jesus was born have been overshadow by a long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process and recent Palestinian in-fighting in Gaza and the West Bank. Photo by Yossi Zamir-Flash 90

Catholic seminarians walk in the traditional Christmas procession of the Latin Patriarch towards the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. Photo by Yossi Zamir-Flash 90

A Palestinian boy dressed like Santa Claus with a Palestinian flag celebrates Christmas at Manger square near the Church of the Nativity, built over the biblical grotto of Jesus' birth, on Sunday 24 December 2006. Dozens of Palestinian police and security officers packed the Manger square during one of the town's most important tourism events: Christmas Photo by Yossi Zamir-Flash 90