Photos: Friday prayer in the Holy Land

Fri Jan 30, 9:26 AM ET

Palestinians pray in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in the recent Israeli military offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Fri Jan 30, 9:49 AM ET

Palestinians pray near the rubble of a mosque, not seen, that was destroyed in the recent Israeli military offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Fri Jan 30, 10:41 AM ET

Palestinians pray outside the damaged Al Taqwa Mosque, which was hit in a missile strike during Israel’s last offensive, in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

 

Fri Jan 30, 9:46 AM ET

Palestinians pray near the rubble of a mosque, not seen, that was destroyed in the recent Israeli military offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

 

Fri Jan 30, 9:56 AM ET

Backdropped by the Dome of the Rock Mosque, Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

 

Fri Jan 30, 9:23 AM ET

Palestinians pray in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in the recent Israeli military offensive in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Israel launched its 22-day offensive to try to halt Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel. The assault killed at least 1,285 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were also killed during the fighting, Israel said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)