The army forces were called in to evacuate some 150-200 youths from the building, near Shirat HaYam. As of late this afternoon, close to 300 youths were still on the scene. They call the building "Tal Yam," Sea Dew, after Tali Hatuel, who was murdered, together with her four daughters, over a year ago by Palestinian terrorists on a nearby road.
The youths took over the building on Sunday after the army destroyed ten abandoned structures nearby. The army's intent was to prevent anti-expulsion civilians from moving in and making the withdrawal from Gush Katif even more difficult that it already threatens to be.
Today, army and police forces moved in to throw them out. Nearby Arabs living in a building across the road began throwing rocks, injuring one Israeli, and the Jews began throwing rocks back. At the same time, soldiers began to arrest Jews, while other youths climbed on their jeeps and tried to prevent them from being taken away.
No Arabs were arrested, though one was seriously hurt, but seven Jews were brought to an unknown area. Clerks at the police stations in Erez, Kisufim and Gush Katif said the seven were not in their custody. Late this afternoon, the Honenu legal organization was trying to quickly verify the disposition of their cases before the expected wave of road-blocking arrestees arrived at the various police stations and jails.
The anti-expulsion groups accuse the Israeli media of "dividing and instigating" instead of "reporting on the facts." They say that the media have been reporting for a few days about the clashes, without bothering to mention the massive Arab rock-throwing that preceded them.
As an example, they said that one Jewish man was filmed throwing a rock at Arabs, but the reporter - who was on the scene the whole time - did not mention that the Jew had been attacked just moments before.