Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, meets with parliament member Mustafa Barghouti in Gaza City, Monday, June 19, 2006. Days after spiriting suitcases full of cash into the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-led Palestinian government distributed emergency payments of $300 USD (235 euros) on Monday to thousands of desperate civil servants who haven't received salaries in nearly four months. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Israeli infantry troops and their military dog receive a briefing just before they move into the southern part of the Gaza Strip, near Israeli Kibbutz of Kerem Shalom. The United States offered support for Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, blamed Hamas for the incursion, and urged the Palestinian militant group to free a captured Israeli soldier.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)