lgf: Settlers Attack Police with Acid
Awful news from Kfar Darom:
Gaza protestors lash out with acid in synagogue raids.
KFAR DAROM SETTLEMENT, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Jewish protestors blockaded in a Gaza Strip synagogue threw acid at police in the most violent confrontations since Israel began its historic pullout from the territory.
The incident in the isolated settlement of Kfar Darom came after troops climbed up ladders to the roof of the synagogue where radical Jews were holding out in defiance of orders to evacuate all settlements in the Gaza Strip.
But it appeared that Israel’s withdrawal from the Palestinian territory it has occupied for 38 years was now proceeding at a remorseless pace, with about half the 21 settlements reportedly empty.
The scenes of Jewish soldiers locked in confrontation with settlers and their sympathisers were repeated elsewhere in Gaza, with security forces finding themselves the targets of insults, rotten eggs, and tins of food.
“We have several policemen who have been wounded by acid and we will apply the full force of the law,” General Dan Harel, in charge of the pullout, told reporters. Police officials said 24 of their force had been wounded.
UPDATE at 8/18/05 4:03:31 pm:
Israel National News says the acid story is in doubt.
(IsraelNN.com) Chief police Superintendent and spokesman Dr. Avi Zelba said Thursday night he does not for sure whether acid was thrown by Kfar Darom expulsion protestors, as claimed by Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi.
A reliable source, as well as spokesmen at Kfar Darom, told Arutz-7 that protestors threw oil and paint at police but there is absolutely no truth to the claim that acid was thrown. Israel Radio also reported that the material may have contained chemicals such as solar, but not acid.
Dr. Zelba promised he would investigate the report Friday morning.
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