Wednesday, August 17, 2005


Israeli troops carry a Jewish settler out of the synagogue in the Gaza Strip settlement of Morag, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2005. Thousands of Israeli troops dragged sobbing Jewish settlers out of homes, synagogues and even a nursery school Wednesday and hauled them onto buses in a massive evacuation, fulfilling Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's promise to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after a 38-year occupation.(AP Photo/Shay Shmueli, Pool) Posted by Picasa