A hooded member of the Islamic militant group Hamas is silhouetted in
front of Hamas flags, reading the Koran during the funeral of two
Palestinian 20-year-olds in Gaza December 7, 2003. An Israeli military
source said soldiers at an outpost near an Israeli community just
outside the eastern edge of Gaza had thwarted an attempted attack by
shooting at two suspicious figures crawling near the border fence on
Friday night December 5. A Hamas spokesman said the men belonged to the
group's military wing and were on a mission to plant an explosive
device in the east of the Gaza Strip. Pictures of the Month December 2003 REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
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