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Members of the Palestinian Awaja family, from left, Zikrayat, 2, mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, Omsyat, 13, and Dia, 4, on tent, stand near the makeshift structures that house them in Beit Lahiyeh, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Zikrayat, 2, stands next to her mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structure that houses her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, takes care of flowers in her garden outside the makeshift structures that house her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Members of the Awaja family, from left: Omsyat, 13, mother Wafa, 34, five month-old Leyali, and Hala, 8, are seen in a makeshift structure that houses them in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Dia Awaja, 4, plays in a tent, part of the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian siblings Dia Awaja, right, 4, and Zikrayat, 2, left, play on one of the tents which comprise the makeshift structures that house their family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets the siblings father Kamal, mother Wafa, and their 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, jokes with her daughters Hala, 8, left, and Omsyat, 13, as they stand near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. A portrait of Wafa's late 8-year-old son Ibrahim _ killed during an Israeli army operation_ is attached to the tent at right. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal, and Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Dia Awaja, 4, cleans a portrait of his late brother Ibrahim, killed during an Israeli army operation, atop a tent that makes up part of the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, mother Wafa, and 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structures that house her family as her siblings Omsyat and Hala eat their lunch, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Leyali's father Kamal, mother Wafa, and 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, collects her family's laundry outside the tents that serve to house her family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian siblings Dia Awaja, top right, 4, and Zikrayat, 2, climb on one of the tents that house their family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit the children's father Kamal, mother Wafa, and 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Kamal Awaja, left, plays with his five month-old daughter Leyali, as his wife, Wafa gestures outside the makeshift structures that house the family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday June 16, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. Ibrahim's picture decorates the tent bottom center. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp, commander of the United Nations Command, speaks at the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission building in the cross-border village of Panmunjeom in Korea's Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, to mark the 57th anniversary of the signing the Korean War armistice. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)
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Julian Assange, an Australian who launched WikiLeaks four years ago, concedes that even his team hasn't read all the documents about the Afghanistan war released on his website. (Provided by Martina Haris)
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Chum Mey reacts outside the court hall after a verdict was handed down to Kaing Gek Eav, alias Duch, former S-23 prison commander, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal l in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer Monday to 35 years in prison _ the first verdict involving a leader of the genocidal regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodia's people. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a press conference in London on Monday, July 26, 2010, during which he said he believes there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lizzie Robinson, PA)
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In this image provided by the Boy Scouts of America, Alan Mandel, of Troop 920, does a backflip in front of National Capital Area Council troops during the Grand Centennial Parade, Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Washington, (AP Photo/Boy Scouts of America, John Harrington)
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Fredericksburg's Troop 165 walk their bikes in the BSA Grand Centennial Parade after biking to Washington from Annapolis, Md. on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Members of the troop rode 2,000 thousand miles in 33 days in the Cycling the Loop for Scouting event. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka)
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In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state, looks on during his sentencing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 26, 2010. The U.N.-backed tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and ordered him to serve 19 years in prison. (AP Photo/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)
