Above: Palestinian airport in Gaza Strip after Israeli tanks and bulldozers tore it up on January 11. This was the one international airport under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Below: Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp, near Gaza's border with Egypt, after Israeli incursion the previous day. Tanks and bulldozers burst into the area at 1:30 a.m., crushing 60 Palestinian dwellings and leaving more than 600 people homeless.

This was the most destructive such raid in 15 months of heightened Palestinian struggle and Israeli repression. The Israeli government claimed it carried out the actions in retaliation for a January 9 attack on an army post. The Palestinians whose homes were destroyed challenged the justification. "This is revenge," said Tamam Ghneim, 52. "We didn't do anything. The attack happened in Israel, so why us?" Others said they expect further raids as the Israeli army clears a strip of territory along the border fence.