release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militant groups June 25.

"We're eager to solve the issue of the soldier, but Israel has to withdraw first and end its aggression," Haniyeh said.

In Shaaf, many residents returned to their homes after two days to find houses and vehicles damaged, and hundreds of trees uprooted and pushed into piles.

"There were a lot of ambushes waiting for them, so they had to take a different way," said Allam Shuraka, whose home was taken over by Israeli troops. The soldiers used the backyard as a staging area for tanks and took over the house, punching football-sized holes in the walls for snipers.

"This was all trees, and over here was a tent that we used to sit under at night,"
203 Md. 79 (1953)
98 A.2d 15
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
v.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ET AL.
[No. 14, October Term, 1953 (Adv.).]
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided July 2, 1953.
The cause was argued before SOBELOFF, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.
David Macdonald, County Attorney for Montgomery County, with whom was John W. Neumann, Assistant County Attorney, on the brief, for appellant.
Charles D. Harris, General Counsel, Public Service Commission, for the Public Service Commission, appellee.
*82 Richard W. Emory, with whom were Venable, Baetjer and Howard, and Kelley and Smith, on the brief, for the intervening defendants, appellees.
DELAPLAINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
This proceeding originated in the Public Service Commission of Maryland on September 18, 1952, on a joint application of Washington Gas Light Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the