A Palestinian girl takes part in a candle-lighting protest in solidarity with Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Dec. 27, 2009. Palestinians on Sunday held a protest against the Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians on Dec. 27, 2008. Dec. 27, 2009 is the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip. [Fadi Arouri/Xinhua]