Segni di guerra ad Ashdod, Israele

A close up view of a wall hit by shrapnel from a rocket from Gaza which hit a parking lot next to an apartment building late 29 October in Ashdod, Israel, 30 October 2011. Egyptian officials said efforts to persuade Palestinian factions in Gaza to hold their rocket fire on Israel have failed, after a day of deadly, escalated violence that continued into early hours of 30 October. (EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN)