A paratroop officer led his troops to the site of his destroyed home in the former Netzarim town Sunday, three years after the government expelled him and other residents and then turned over the former Jewish communities to the Palestinian Authority.
Rabbi Zev Cruz, father of the officer, said his son had mixed feelings about returning to Netzarim. The officer said he was happy to return to his former home grounds but asks why the government decided to force Jews out of the area. After the expulsion, then Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres stated, "We never will return to Gaza."