A Palestinian woman is reduced to climbing under a fence after she walked along the beach near the Netzareem junction outside Gaza city on the Gaza Strip February 23, 2001. Israeli soldiers have closed the road between northern and southern part of the Gaza Strip, and are firing upon ANYONE who approaches them. Violence during the Palestinian uprising has escalated since the February 6 election of right-winger Ariel Sharon as Israel's Prime Minister./Suhaib Salem (Reuters)

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