Israeli soldiers take position during scuffles with Palestinian stone-throwers at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians. Palestinians staged protest rallies in Arab East Jerusalem, and in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Hebron, leading to scuffles with Israeli forces.[Xinhua/Reuters]