August 14

Jewish settlers hold an Israeli flag during a prayer service in the cemetery of the Gush Katif bloc of Jewish settlements in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005. Hundreds of settlers gathered at the Gush Katif cemetery Sunday, praying against Israel's imminent disengagement from the Gaza Strip and singing traditional prayers of redemption to mark the Tisha B'Av holy day, commemorating the destruction of the Jewish Temples. Israel will begin to withdraw from 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 17 and plans to relocated the cemetery's 49 graves to a cemetery inside Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
AP - Aug 14 7:53 AM