Palestinian militants ransack former Gush Katif greenhouses again
Palestinian militants ransack former Gush Katif greenhouses again
By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent
Some 200 dunams of greenhouse space in the Gaza Strip were ransacked recently by dozens of armed Palestinians and residents of Khan Yunis.
According to Palestinian and international sources involved in running the greenhouses, the armed robbers belonged to two militias, the Assistance Committees and the Popular Army, affiliated with former Palestinian ruling party Fatah. These militias had been hired by the Palestinian Authority to guard both the ruins of the former settlements and the greenhouses, which were all under cultivation. But instead of guarding the greenhouses, the guards decided to rob them.
According to the sources, the robbers used bulldozers to break the iron supports of the buildings' frames, then swarmed over the equipment inside, which included piping and irrigation computers. The damage to the greenhouses, which are meant to provide employment for hundreds of Palestinians and increase the PA's exports, is irreparable, the sources added.
The incidents were accompanied by exchanges of fire between the militias and Palestinian policemen, in which several policemen were wounded. MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at February 10, 2006 06:57 AM
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Palestinian militants ransack former Gush Katif greenhouses again
By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent
Some 200 dunams of greenhouse space in the Gaza Strip were ransacked recently by dozens of armed Palestinians and residents of Khan Yunis.
According to Palestinian and international sources involved in running the greenhouses, the armed robbers belonged to two militias, the Assistance Committees and the Popular Army, affiliated with former Palestinian ruling party Fatah. These militias had been hired by the Palestinian Authority to guard both the ruins of the former settlements and the greenhouses, which were all under cultivation. But instead of guarding the greenhouses, the guards decided to rob them.
According to the sources, the robbers used bulldozers to break the iron supports of the buildings' frames, then swarmed over the equipment inside, which included piping and irrigation computers. The damage to the greenhouses, which are meant to provide employment for hundreds of Palestinians and increase the PA's exports, is irreparable, the sources added.
The incidents were accompanied by exchanges of fire between the militias and Palestinian policemen, in which several policemen were wounded. MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at February 10, 2006 06:57 AM