Conflict Palestinian women react during the funeral of Hamas militant Ghassan Al-ailah, 22, who was killed by Israeli forces, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. The leader of the Gaza Strip's Hamas government on Tuesday sent a defiant message to the Mideast peace conference under way in the U.S., saying it is "doomed to failure" and warning that his Islamic militant group will not lay down its arms. The comments by Ismail Haniyeh were the latest in a string of increasingly hostile criticism of the Annapolis peace conference by Hamas officials.(."photo by Fady Adwan"
