Israel OKs Razing Gaza Strip Homes
From Reuters
JERUSALEM —
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled today that the army could raze Palestinian houses and shops along a Gaza Strip street where a crowd stoned and burned a soldier to death.
The three-judge court agreed with the army that the demolitions were an urgent military need and could proceed if householders were compensated and given alternative housing.
The army had bulldozed 15 shops before the court hearing and planned to knock down at least 18 more buildings.
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