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Israelis try resettling West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005

Families evacuated from the West Bank Sa-Nur settlement in 2005 sneaked back during the night and vowed to resettle the site.
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Twenty Israeli families — parents, children and young couples — entered the evacuated settlement of Sa-Nur in the northern West Bank during the night between Monday and Tuesday. The group did not coordinate its move with the military, and Israel Defense Forces arrived later to inform them that they were trespassing.

The Sa-Nur settlement was evacuated and demolished in 2005, alongside three other settlements in the northern West Bank — Homesh, Gamin and Kadim. Twenty-one communities in the Gaza Strip were also evacuated and demolished. The overall evacuation was part of the Gaza disengagement plan championed by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

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