Palestinian security forces form a cordon, blocking supporters of the Islamic Jihad group from approaching the security wall of the Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim, during a rally celebrating the Israeli withdrawl from Gaza, in the outskirts of Khan Younis in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli forces Thrusday stormed two synagogues in the Gaza Strip where hundreds of settlers had holed up, hoping to clear the last major bastions of resistance to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to end Israel's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)