The expellees are being loaded onto buses in which the drivers are separated from the passengers by cage-like walls. A soldier is charged with manning each of the bus tires, to protect it from being punctured by those who wish to impede the Jews' expulsion.
In many cases, expelled children on the buses yell out to the soldiers, "Why are you taking us from our homes? Where are we supposed to go? When you have children of your own, how will you explain to them what we did?"
Arutz-7's Yishai Fleisher reports on what he said were two of the most powerfully emotional scenes he has witnessed to date: The family of Shai Cohen, with 11 children, leaving their hom, crying and weeping, but singing, "Tehai hashaah hazot sh'at rachamim" - May this hour be an hour of mercy.
Practically next door and at approximately the same time, Mrs. Miri Bednortzuk was taken forcibly out of her home on a stretcher - with her baby on her stomach. The soldiers carrying out of her home for the last time were followed by her other children screaming and sobbing, "What are you doing?! Don't hurt my mother!"
Many people insist on being taken out with the chair they were sitting on. One woman was taken out of her home in her chair and with her young child on her. In home after home, person after person is being dragged or forced out, one by one, with people outside the homes accompanying them with sobbing and yelling.
Every front door has a sign on it asking the soldiers to stop and think about what they are doing. Many of the signs say that the soldiers must remember that they will be personally responsible for the destruction of the family's home.
Nearby, some estimates are that 2,000 youths are gathered in, outside and atop the main synagogue complex - and the police and army appear unsure as to how to proceed. At 11:45 AM, a group of rabbis, including Rabbis Chaim Druckman and Shlomo Aviner, arrived at the complex, apparently in an attempt to find a peaceful solution for their evacuation.
Rabbis Yigal Kaminetzky (Gush Katif), Chanan Porat (Kfar Etzion) and Avinoam Horowitz (Kiryat Arba) made heartfelt pleas to the police commander and other officials.
Throughout the night and the morning, youths were talking with soldiers, trying to convince them not to be robotic in their adherence to cruel and senseless orders. There was much crying, Arutz-7's Eli Stutz reported, especially among the female soldiers - and the males as well.
In many cases, expelled children on the buses yell out to the soldiers, "Why are you taking us from our homes? Where are we supposed to go? When you have children of your own, how will you explain to them what we did?"
Arutz-7's Yishai Fleisher reports on what he said were two of the most powerfully emotional scenes he has witnessed to date: The family of Shai Cohen, with 11 children, leaving their hom, crying and weeping, but singing, "Tehai hashaah hazot sh'at rachamim" - May this hour be an hour of mercy.
Practically next door and at approximately the same time, Mrs. Miri Bednortzuk was taken forcibly out of her home on a stretcher - with her baby on her stomach. The soldiers carrying out of her home for the last time were followed by her other children screaming and sobbing, "What are you doing?! Don't hurt my mother!"
Many people insist on being taken out with the chair they were sitting on. One woman was taken out of her home in her chair and with her young child on her. In home after home, person after person is being dragged or forced out, one by one, with people outside the homes accompanying them with sobbing and yelling.
Every front door has a sign on it asking the soldiers to stop and think about what they are doing. Many of the signs say that the soldiers must remember that they will be personally responsible for the destruction of the family's home.
Nearby, some estimates are that 2,000 youths are gathered in, outside and atop the main synagogue complex - and the police and army appear unsure as to how to proceed. At 11:45 AM, a group of rabbis, including Rabbis Chaim Druckman and Shlomo Aviner, arrived at the complex, apparently in an attempt to find a peaceful solution for their evacuation.
Rabbis Yigal Kaminetzky (Gush Katif), Chanan Porat (Kfar Etzion) and Avinoam Horowitz (Kiryat Arba) made heartfelt pleas to the police commander and other officials.
Throughout the night and the morning, youths were talking with soldiers, trying to convince them not to be robotic in their adherence to cruel and senseless orders. There was much crying, Arutz-7's Eli Stutz reported, especially among the female soldiers - and the males as well.