David slammed the Hurricane onto the dusty strip and taxied tail up to the waiting field ambulance that he had called for from the air.

I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona's largest town, Anani: a dusty white strip of road, a long row of assorted shops, a few cars.

The unpainted galvanised roofs of the town flashed beneath them and they touched down heavily on the dusty strip.

The body sagged on its tires, two-toned paint a faded turquoise above the dusty strip of chrome that ran along the side, dirty white below.

Their strong little claw hands were tearing up long dusty strips of the thick purple vegetation, exposing the pale slate.

His weight must be almost double hers and the dusty strips on which she crouched were already creaking when she shifted position.

The officials said it would ease the claustrophobia of Gazans, who feel locked into their dusty strip of territory by Israeli border checkpoints most do not have permits to cross.

There were no troops at the crossroads and the highway was empty, just a pale dusty strip between its vivid green verges.

Unshaded light globes and dusty light strips glowed at infrequent spots.

A baking, arid, dusty strip of bitterness jammed with 500,000 Arabs under Israeli occupation.