Members of the Palestinian Trade Unions hold a protest on top of a destroyed building in Gaza City on March 18, 2008 against the Israeli blockade on the territory. A senior Israeli defence official was in Cairo today for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman on the situation in the Gaza Strip and prospects of reopening the Egypt-Gaza border.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Shops resort to operating using lanterns after electricity was cut in the major part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Shops resort to operating using lanterns after electricity was cut in the majority part of the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2008. Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it, a move certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90

Members of the Palestinian Trade Unions hold a protest on top of a destroyed building in Gaza City on March 18, 2008 against the Israeli blockade on the territory. A senior Israeli defence official was in Cairo today for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman on the situation in the Gaza Strip and prospects of reopening the Egypt-Gaza border. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90