August 21 Bulldozers raze Gaza homes

A bulldozer destroys a house in Peat Sadeh, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday.
Photo: AP

Bulldozers raze Gaza homes


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jpost staff and ap, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 21, 2005

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Massive D9 bulldozers, many driven by Israeli Arabs, tore down homes in Nissanit, Dugit, Peat Sadeh and Ganei Tal on Sunday.

They needed just five minutes to plow through the whitewashed walls of a home, and reduced entire villages to refuse dumps in less than a day. In Ganei Tal, some 40 houses came down in an hour.

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Security officials said 50 bulldozers and several cranes were operating in Gaza on Sunday, and another 100 were mobilized and waiting to start work.

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Israeli soldiers will camp in the settlements to guard them until the territory is handed to the Palestinians.