Struggle In Gaza

A settler waves an Israeli flag from a rooftop as Israeli troops and bulldozers enter the Jewish settlement of Netzer Hazani, in the Gush Katif bloc of settlements, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. Hundreds of troops poured into Netzer Hazani despite the barricades set on fire by settlers to keep soldiers from evacuating them.

Israeli security forces drag a resisting Jewish settler onto a bus during the forced evacuation of the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom, in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 18, 2005.

Israeli security forces advance towards the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom during the forced evacuation of settlers from the southern Gaza Strip settlements Aug. 18, 2005. Hundreds of Gaza pullout opponents barricaded themselves behind barbed wire in the settlement's synagogue as security forces dragged screaming residents out of their homes.

Israeli security forces drag a Jewish settler and his child out of their homes in the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom during the forced evacuation of settlers from the southern Gaza Strip settlements, Aug. 18, 2005.

Seen from a Palestinian house in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir el-Balah, Jewish settlers stand on the rooftop of the synagogue of the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom as an Israeli army tank advances outside on Aug. 18, 2005. Security forces with shields and helmets burst into the synagogue of Kfar Darom by that afternoon and fired a water cannon at protesters gathered on the fortified rooftop.

Jewish settlers barricade themselves on the roof of their synagogue as hundreds of Israeli troops and police deploy at sunrise to evacuate the veteran Jewish community of Kfar Darom on Aug. 18, 2005 in the Gaza Strip.

A young Jewish settler wipes away tears as hundreds of Israeli troops and police deploy on Aug. 18, 2005, to evacuate the Gaza Strip community of Kfar Darom.

Jewish girls comfort each other outside the synagogue where militants settlers barricaded themselves inside in Kfar Darom on Aug. 18, 2005.

A teenager is carried away by police, sent in to evacuate the Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the Gush Katif block of Settlements Aug. 17, 2005, in the Gaza Strip. Israeli security forces began that day to forcibly evacuate Jewish settlers who ignored official orders to leave the area ahead of the withdrawal deadline.

A Jewish settler smashes a sink with an axe in the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim on Aug. 17, 2005, in the Gaza Strip.

A Jewish settler carrying a child talks to Israeli soldiers in the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in on Aug. 17, 2005, in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers arrest a Jewish youth on the road to Shirat Ha Yam on Aug. 17, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Smoke billows from within the Jewish settlement of Morag on the outskirts of Rafah refugee camp on Aug. 17, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces moved in at first light to expel settlers from the Gaza Strip, bracing for a showdown with those vowing to fight their eviction.

Two Israeli bulldozers, a truck and a tank are seen in the Jewish settlement of Morag on the outskirts of Rafah refugee camp on Aug. 17, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli settlers dance and sing around soldiers outside the Gush Katif settlement of Shirat Hayam on Aug. 17, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Senior Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference in Beirut on Aug. 17, 2005. Behind him is a poster of the late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed by Israel in 2004.

Israeli soldiers arrest a young settler on the road leading to the Gush Katif settlement of Shirat Hayam on Aug. 17, 2005, in the southern Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian artist paints a mural during the celebrations to mark Israel's imminent departure of the Gaza Strip's 21 settlements after a 38-year occupation, Aug. 17, 2005, in Gaza City. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority was making efforts to ensure the pullout from the Gaza Strip takes place free of violence.