Palestinian pray as they wait to cross a checkpoint after Israeli army sealed off all checkpoints in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian pray as they wait to cross a checkpoint after Israeli army sealed off all checkpoints in the Gaza Strip, January 19,2005. The action comes after, a Hamas suicide bomber killed an agent of Israel's Shin Bet security service, on Tuesday, and wounded seven other Israelis in a blast at any army checkpoint near the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements in southern Gaza. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem