Palestinian demonstrators set up a protest tent on a disputed plot of land near a Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Israeli soldiers prepared to expel the Palestinians if the Palestinian police, which controls most of the Gaza Strip, did not do so. The Israeli troops also prevented residents of the settlement, Morag, from confronting the Palestinians.
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