WORLD IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Court Halts Razing of Gaza Buildings
Israeli army bulldozers razed shops and houses to punish Palestinians suspected of killing a soldier in a Gaza Strip refugee camp. A dozen buildings, including the gas station where the soldier was stoned to death, were destroyed before a Supreme Court restraining order halted demolition, Arab reports and U.N. officials said. Farayeh Abu Meddin, chairman of Gaza’s bar association, said army bulldozers leveled at least six shops. An official of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency said five houses and one shop were torn down. The army declined comment.
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