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 Settler: You're a soldier in Satan's army
Neve Dekalim residents terrified at site of security forces storming their Gush Katif settlement. Settlers: Which rabbi permitted you to carry out such an injustice?
By Ilan Marciano
Neve Dekalim residents were terrified at the site of security forces storming their Gush Katif settlement. A woman cried on her daughter’s shoulder, a father faced the troops with tears in his eyes and teenagers sat on the sidewalk, weeping.
“Look into my eyes and cry, let your Jewish heart beat,” a settler told one of the soldiers.
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A religious IDF officer was verbally assaulted by another settler, who said to him, “You are a soldier in Satan’s army. Which rabbi permitted you to carry out such an injustice? Hell awaits all of you – you have forgotten who rules the world.”
A bereaved father, who presented the troops with photos of his fallen son and also showed them a big scar on his back, said, “They have snatched your Jewish hearts – come and evacuate a handicapped man from his home.”
A Golani Brigade officer told Ynet following the events, “Everything we expected would happen here has happened, and we are finding out that this is just a preview.”
“We are continually surprised by the settlers’ resolve. It is heart-wrenching, because we have nothing to say to them in response,” he said.
On the eve of the expiration of the ultimatum for settlers to leave Gaza, soldiers knocked on doors with offers to help families move out by midnight.
Ella Elbaz, 43, told soldiers that her family was “waiting for the container. It hasn’t arrived, and we don’t know what we’re supposed to do. I’m not leaving until our belongings have been taken out. If you bring me a container, I will leave.”
'I will commit suicide'
She added, “you’ve brought a Holocaust on us, what else do you want from us?”
The IDF officer replied that he had come to “help you leave before midnight.”
“I’m not leaving,” said Ella.
“Take your belongings with you and clear your homes,” answered the officer.
Ellah’s daughter, Mazi, told soldiers, “ I have a 9-month-old baby, where should I go? I would like a container. (Before one arrives) I’m not leaving.”
The family members broke down in tears following the exchange.
“I want to leave with my own belongings, which I’ve owned for 20 years. What kind of country is this? The main thing is that he (Prime Minister Ariel Sharon) sits in the ranch with his air conditioner. We have no where to go, we have no home,” Ellah said.
“Where will I sleep with my child?” asked Mazi. “Will you be the one to bring me hot water for my daughter?"
“Enough trauma, I can’t stand this anymore. You’ve brought more than a Holocaust on us,” Ellah said. “I’m not leaving without my belongings. I will commit suicide,” she added.
Eventually the soldiers left, and the family was left wondering where they would go without their belongings.
Hanan Greenberg contributed to this report.
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