An Israeli reserve soldier collects shells at the Mediterranean shore at the Jewish Gaza Strip settlement of Shirat Hayam. An Israeli reserve soldier collects shells at the Mediterranean shore at the Jewish Gaza Strip settlement of Shirat Hayam May 18, 2005. A Hamas gunman was killed along the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday, drawing mortar attacks on Jewish settlements in a surge of violence that put severe strain on a three-month old ceasefire. REUTERS/Nir Elias