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Palestineans transport basic food supplies on back roads in Gaza because the Israeli army has set up check points on all the main roads. During the Second Intifada, in response to a deadly suicide bombing by Hamas during a Passover gathering at a vacation hotel, Israel launched "Operation Defensive Shield", in which the Israeli Defense Forces reoccupied population centers in the West Bank and surrounded Arafat in his Ramallah compound. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)