MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS RICE
In this photo released by the Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, stands with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during their meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. About 25 Israeli armored vehicles rumbled into southern Gaza after nightfall Tuesday, and troops clashed with militants, witnesses said, just a day days after Israel ended a destructive and bloody ground operation in northern Gaza against Palestinian rocket squads. (AP Photo/ GPO,Moshe Milner, HO) **ISRAEL OUT**