An Egyptian soldier keeps wtach as Palestinian children and Islamic Jihad group supporters hold a demonstration in front of Salladin Gate on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip urging Egypt to keep open the Rafah border crossing, 31 January 2008.The Egypt-Gaza border was sealed off to Palestinian vehicles today as talks began in Cairo to resolve a crisis triggered when militants blew holes in the frontier barrier last week.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90

Palestinian relatives look at the body of Mahmud al-Daalsah, 20, at Rafah hospital, 31 January 2008, a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group loosely linked to president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, A military spokesman said "the combatant was killed when he approached the security barrier" between the Gaza and Israel. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90