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Leaving Gaza

Photo: Aya Ben-Amos
Moving trucks on way to Gush Katif Photo: Aya Ben-Amos
 

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IDF: nearly 600 families have left

Many leave northern Gaza settlements, but few leave centers of hardcore opposition such as Kfar Darom, Netzarim

By Ynet
Latest Update: 08.16.05, 10:00 / Israel News

How many have left? According to an IDF document, more than 600 families - or about one-third of all Gaza families – have left their homes ahead of Wednesday’s deadline to leave peacefully.

 

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As expected, most of the evacuees came from settlements in the northern Gaza Strip while “hardcore” settlers in Gush Katif communities continue to fight the pullout.

 

Sample list of evacuated communities:

 

  • Gadid: 63 families – 26 have left

  • Pe'at Sadeh: 19 families – 17 have left
  • Rafiah Yam: 27 families – 25 have left
  • Nisanit: 240 families - 230 have left

 

In contrast, very few families in bastions of hardcore resistance have left.

 

  • Neve Dekalim: 467 families - 150 have left

  • Atzmona: 83 families - 0 have left
  • Katif: 61 families - 3 have left
  • Kfar Darom: 73 families - 0 have left
  • Netzarim: 64 families - 1 has left

 

In all, there are 1,486 families in Gaza. As of Tuesday morning, 593, or 40 percent, had left peacefully.

 

IDF officers also slammed the Disengagement Authority, saying it failed to resolve problems associated with the pullout.

 

A senior army official told Ynet that in addition to the evacuation mission, the army has to constantly “put out fires left behind by the Authority.” The officer said the Disengagement Authority operated in a flawed, disorganized manner.

 

First Published: 08.16.05, 09:27

 

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