Photos: Friday prayer in the Holy Land

Fri Feb 13, 7:11 AM ET

Palestinians attend the Friday prayer near the destroyed Taha mosque in the northern Gaza Strip February 13, 2009. An Egyptian-proposed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip could be finalised as early as Sunday, according to Western and Palestinian officials.REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Fri Feb 13, 8:48 AM ET

Palestinians pray next to the rubble of the Taha Mosque, which was hit in a missile strike during Israel’s military offensive last month, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. An agreement between Hamas and Israel to bring quiet to the war-torn Gaza Strip could be announced within days, Hamas officials said, as rocket fire from the territory Friday further strained an informal cease-fire.AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Fri Feb 13, 8:47 AM ET

Palestinians pray next to the rubble of the Taha Mosque, which was hit in a missile strike during Israel’s military offensive last month, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. An agreement between Hamas and Israel to bring quiet to the war-torn Gaza Strip could be announced within days, Hamas officials said, as rocket fire from the territory Friday further strained an informal cease-fire.AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)