Mideast Conflict

A member of Hamas' security forces (2nd L) interrogates Palestinians in front of a building destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last year, in the compound of the Khan Younis police headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip December 22, 2009. One year after Israel struck at the Gaza Strip, the Islamist Hamas group which rules the enclave remains defiant and in full control, rebuilding its strength and shrugging off criticism from Palestinian opponents. Picture taken December 22, 2009. To match feature PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/ REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa