A Palestinian woman covers her face as the body of Hassan Abu Gazer, 55, who was killed out side his home by Israeli soldiers, is brought home during his funeral in Rafah refugee camp south of Gaza strip May 6,2002. [Negotiators were close to ending an armed standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon geared up for a diplomatic assault on Yasser Arafat in Washington.]