Smoke raises following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 17, 2012. The death toll in the Gaza Strip climbed on Saturday to 40, while another 350 were wounded in the Israeli operation "Operation Pillar of Defense," as Israeli war jets harshly struck Islamic Hamas movement constructions as well as military targets. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Nov. 17, 2012. 40 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Xu)(zjl)
A wounded Palestinian man is seen on a stretcher inside an ambulance at Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip in Rafah on the way to receive medical treatment in Egypt on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
A wounded Palestinian man is seen on a stretcher inside an ambulance at Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip in Rafah on the way to receive medical treatment in Egypt on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
Palestinian ambulances wait to pass the Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip in Rafah on the way to transport wounded Palestinians to have medical treatment in Egypt on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
Egyptian security members guard their side of Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
Palestinian ambulances wait to pass the Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip in Rafah on the way to transport wounded Palestinians to have medical treatment in Egypt on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
A wounded Palestinian man is seen on a stretcher inside an ambulance at Rafah border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip in Rafah on the way to receive medical treatment in Egypt on Nov. 17, 2012, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Xinhua/Khaled Omar)
