A militant wears what he claims is a real suicide belt, as an al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades commander, known by the name of Al Zarqawi, seated with headband, speaks to journalists at a house in the village of Abasa, near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis Wednesday July 5, 2006. According to the group, they are distributing suicide belts to a group of women in the village every night in preparation for an expected Israeli assault on the town. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Um Ahmed, 36, a mother of eight, holds what she claims is a suicide belt, as she sits for an interview with journalists in the village of Abasa, near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis Wednesday July 5, 2006. She is one of a group of at least 20 women in the village that are given, according to the local al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades commander, suicide belts every night in preparation for an expected Israeli assault on the town. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)