Images of the Invasion in the Gaza Strip

The war, now in its 8^th day, has claimed (according to the media), 446 Palestinian lives and counting. The list of the injured is profound.

Protests were held on Friday and Saturday in just about every major city in the world.

With no end in sight and the air attacks still going on, Israel has stepped up by increasing its wage in the form of ground assaults. Earlier this morning, bulldozers have entered the Gaza Strip.

Below are the images taken over the last few days in Gaza. Few of these images may be disturbing to some but a definite reality-check for all.

Continue making those Du’as and never forget that Allah has a reason for everything in life. Surely with every hardship, there come ease.

Let us continue to place our trust in the Almighty, as mentioned in Surah at-Talaq, verses 2, 3: …And for those who fear Allah, He will always find a means of salvation, and will provide for them from sources they could never imagine. And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, He is all sufficient for him. For Allah will surely accomplish his purpose: indeed, for all things Allah has appointed a due proportion.”

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So let us DON OUR KEFFIYEHS, WAVE THE PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GAZA!!!

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Photos courtesy of Boston Globe’s The Big Picture

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Protesters burn an Israeli flag outside the Israeli embassy in London, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Demonstrators hurled shoes at the tall iron gates outside the British prime minister's residence in London on Saturday and waved Palestinian flags in over a dozen European cities as tens of thousands protested Israel's bombardment of Gaza. AP

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Demonstrators march during a protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza, in Ankara, Turkey. The protesters demanded that the Turkish government end all relations with the Israeli government. -Umit Bektas-Reuters-

A bomb dropped by an Israeli air force F-16 jet explodes in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military has carried out more than 700 strikes on Gaza since it launched a massive offensive on Hamas a week ago. Patrick Baz-AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian youth looks at a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike in the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Yasser Saymeh-AFP/Getty Images

An explosion is seen as missiles fired from an Israeli aircraft fly toward a target in the northern Gaza Strip. By late Thursday, the Palestinian death toll was 412, according to health officials in the strip. Gil Nechushtan-AP

A wounded Palestinian child screams as she arrives at Shifa Hospital after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. The International Committee of the Red Cross reported Thursday that humanitarian needs in Gaza are growing, despite aid shipments. Fadi Adwan-Getty Images

Palestinian children peer out of a barred window from their home in the refugee camp of Jabalya, just north of Gaza City, as people line up to buy bread outside a bakery. Humanitarian organizations have called for food to be delivered to the area as quickly as possible, as Israeli air attacks continue to strike for a fourth day. Mohammed Abed-AFP/Getty Images

Protesters demonstrate against Israel's attacks on Gaza in a march to the White House from the State Department in Washington, D.C. Participants estimated they rallied as many as 5,000 people together. Linda Davidson-The Washington Post

Palestinian relatives of Tawfiq Qanan, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike, mourn during his funeral in Gaza. Suhaib Salem-Reuters

Palestinians mourn during the funeral of Haya and Lama Hamdan in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed the sisters, aged 4 and 11, Palestinian medical sources said. Mohammed Abed-AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian man looks out toward destroyed Hamas government buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Early Tuesday, Israeli aircraft dropped at least 16 bombs on five Hamas government buildings in a Gaza City complex, destroying them, setting fires and sending rubble flying for hundreds of yards, witnesses said. Khalil Hamra-AP

Israeli tanks deploy at the Gaza-Israel border. The Israeli Air Force continued its strike of the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day, as Israel prepared to launch a possible invasion. Uriel Sinai-Getty Images

Three Palestinian brothers Sidki, 8, Ahmad, 12, and Mohammed Absi, 14, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike, during their funeral in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip. Israel's overwhelming air campaign against the Gaza Strip entered its third day Monday, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble, and the death toll continues to rise. Khalil Hamra-AP

A Palestinian man shouts as he inspects a destroyed mosque and houses after they were hit by an Israeli missile strike that killed Jawaher Baalusha, 4, and her four sisters, 'three children and two teenagers' in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher and four of her sisters from the Baalusha family were killed while they were sleeping together in their bedroom during an Israeli air raid that targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia, medics said. Israel continues its air campaign against the Gaza Strip for the third day today, as missiles struck targets and wreaked unprecedented destruction in Gaza, reducing buildings to rubble. Abid Katib-Getty Images

Black smoke rises from a building as Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes continued to drop bombs and missiles on dozens of targets across Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday. Eyad Baba-AP

Palestinian rescue workers carry a wounded man past a fire as another lays under the rubble. Israel's Cabinet authorized a call up of at least 6,500 reserve soldiers, suggesting airstrikes on Gaza will continue. Majed Hamdan-AP

Palestinians attend the funeral of 15 people killed during Israeli airstrikes at a football stadium in Rafah. Israel warned it could send ground troops into Gaza as its warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets. Said Khatib-AFP/Getty Images

Israeli police officers arrest a Palestinian suspected of throwing stones during scuffles in East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in protest of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Mahfouz Abu Turk-Reuters

A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza near Jerusalem on Sunday. Dan Balilty-AP

A Palestinian man carries his wounded son at a hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed-AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian girl cries at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Rafah on December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets along the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas compounds. Getty Images-Getty Images

A Jordanian protester shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration in Amman, Jordan. Mohammad Abu Ghosh-AP

 

A trail of smoke is seen after the launch of a rocket from the northern Gaza Strip aimed towards Israel on December 27, 2008. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

An Israeli Apache helicopter launches a missile during an attack inside the northern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2008 as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Smoke rises above Gaza after another Israeli air strike on a Hamas target, December 29, 2008 along Israel's side of the Gaza border. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Wounded Palestinians are treated on the floor of crowded Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2008, following an Israeli air strike on the nearby Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border today as warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Samera Baalusha (34) (right) sits with her daughter Eman (15) and surviving son Mohamad (15 months) while waiting to see the body of her 4-year-old daughter Jawaher Baalusha during the funeral held for Jawher and her four other sisters who were all killed in an Israeli missile strike, on December 29, 2008 in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher Baalusha and her sisters were killed during an Israeli air raid while they were sleeping together in their bedroom. Medics stated that the raid had targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Smoke billows from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli air raid, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border on December 30, 2008. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)An Israeli F15 fighter flies over the northern Israeli-Gaza Strip border on December 28, 2008. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Many bodies lie outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish flames at a medical warehouse after an Israeli airstrike targeted at a fuel tank nearby in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding Hamas targets, smugglers' tunnels and a central prison. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza Strip December 28, 2008. Israel launched air strikes on Gaza for a second successive day on Sunday, piling pressure on Hamas. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

A wounded Palestinian girl is carried into the Al-Shifa hospital on December 28, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)

A Palestinian man gestures, as smokes is seen from a burning building after an Israeli missile strike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem Omar)

Palestinian rescue workers carry a wounded prisoner past a fire, as another lays under the rubble in the central security headquarters and prison, known as the Saraya, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008.

Smoke from three days of Israeli air strikes against Hamas militants blends with brewing storm clouds to create a dramatic sunset over the Palestinian territory on December 29, 2008 viewed from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. (David Silverman/Getty Images)

A Palestinian man looks out towards destroyed Hamas government buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Early Tuesday, Israeli aircraft dropped at least 16 bombs on five Hamas government buildings in a Gaza City complex, destroying them, setting fires and sending rubble flying for hundreds of yards, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Mangled cars lie buried under rubble at the site of the Hamas ministry buildings compound, which was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike on December 30, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Palestinians inspect a crater caused by an Israeli air strike at a police station in Gaza City on December 29, 2008. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)The body of a Palestinian security force officer lays in the rubble after an Israeli missile strike on a building in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)

A wounded child awaits medical attention at the Shifa hospital on December 27, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)

An Israeli tank drives near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Scores of Israeli army tanks and armored personnel carriers are massed on December 29, 2008 near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. (David Silverman/Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier wearing a prayer shawl prays near a tank as troops take position on the Israeli-Gaza Strip border, just before the start of the ground invasion on December 30, 2008. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Mahmoud Tark, an nine-year-old injured Palestinian boy, is transported by Red Crescent officials on an ambulance at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to a hospital in Al-Arish December 30, 2008. Palestinians wounded in the Israeli attack on Gaza trickled into Egypt on Monday after a day and a half of confusion and disagreement between the Hamas and the Egyptian government. (REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT)

An Israeli tank moves near the border with the northern Gaza Strip December 29, 2008. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL)

Palestinian men bury the body of 4-year-old Lama Hamdan at Beit Hanoun cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip December 30, 2008. Lama and her sister were reportedly riding a donkey cart Tuesday near a rocket-launching site that was targeted by Israel. (MOHAMMED SALEM/Reuters)

A detained Palestinian stands blindfolded and handcuffed in his underwear next to an Israeli army vehicle, after a pipe bomb was found in his belongings, at Beit Iba checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Israeli artillery fire shells into Gaza on January 03, 2009 in Israel. Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has warned that Israel faces a 'black destiny' if it launches a ground offensive in Gaza. getty Images

The silhouette of a Mosque and houses is seen as the sun sets on January 3, 2009 in Gaza. Israel's IDF (Israeli Defense Force) have this evening begun a ground assault into the Hamas-controlled region. Getty Images

A picture shows Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Gaza border on January 3, 2009, waiting to deploy into the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza today and launched into night-time battles with Hamas forces after more than a week of air strikes that have left hundreds dead and widespread destruction. Getty Images/AP