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A Jewish settler girl, wearing orange in protest against the disengagment plan, is helped by a paramedic after she was hit on the head by a rock during clashes with Palestinians near the Jewish settlement Shirat Hayam. (AP)
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| By israelinsider staff and partners June 29, 2005 |
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Jewish settlers clashed with Palestinians, with both sides throwing rocks, at a makeshift outpost on the outskirts of Shirat Hayam, a Jewish settlement in Gaza, while Israeli soldiers fired into the air to separate the two sides, the army said.
The clash broke out shortly after Israeli soldiers forcibly removed about 20 settlers who had holed up in the outpost -- an abandoned home. Settlers and Palestinians threw stones at one another, wounding at least three people, witnesses said.
Earlier, dozens of settlers exchanged blows with soldiers who were sent to evict them from the outpost. Soldiers restrained the activists and dragged several through the sand into a waiting army vehicle. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The settlers established the outpost earlier this week after Israeli troops demolished 11 nearby buildings. Authorities had feared that opponents of Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip would use the buildings as centers of resistance during the evacuation, set to begin in mid-August.
Police arrested at least eight people, officials said.
The AP contributed to this report.
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