August 18 - Neve Dekalim

Israeli troops remove Jewish opponents of the Gaza's pullout by force from a synagogue at the settlement of Neve Dekalim, Gaza Strip, August 18, 2005. Israeli troops stormed two Gaza Strip synagogues and dragged out screaming settlers and supporters on Thursday in assaults on the last bastions of resistance to a pullout from the occupied territory. Hundreds of unarmed soldiers and police swept into the main house of worship in the largest Gaza settlement, Neve Dekalim, ending a two-day standoff with more than a thousand ultranationalist youths who had defied orders to leave. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun





A Jewish settler argues with an Israeli security officer during the forced evacuation of settlers from the synagogue of the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. The last holdouts of Gaza's largest settlement on Thursday hurled oil, sand and even acid at helmeted riot troops who stormed a synagogue rooftop to haul the protesters down in shipping containers, in the most violent clash of Israel's Gaza pullout. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)