Israel Sends Aid to Gaza Amid Invasion Fears

The main border with Israel has been closed since November after a rocket was fired at Israel from Gaza. Until today, no aid has been able to reach the residents despite several calls from the international community and aid organizations.

Palestinians walk behind a fuel truck as it drives near the Karni crossing, southeast of Gaza City,...

Palestinians walk behind a fuel truck as it drives near the Karni crossing, southeast of Gaza City, on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, today. Israel renewed its transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza Friday despite continued rocket and mortar fire from the coastal strip and growing expectations of a large-scale Israeli military campaign against Gaza militants.

(Adel Hana/AP Photo)

On Christmas Day, Pope Benedict XVI used his homily at midnight mass to urge people to put an end to "hatred and violence" in the Middle East.

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"Let us think of the place named Bethlehem, of the land in which Jesus lived, and which he loved so deeply. Let us pray that peace will be established there, that hatred and violence will cease. Let us pray for mutual understanding, that hearts will be opened, so that borders can be opened," he said. The Associated Press contributed to this story.