Israeli security forces evacuated right-wing activists holed up in a Gaza Strip hotel. .Around 150 settlers and their supporters, including children, were taken into custody Thursday at the Stronghold by the Sea, an abandoned hotel that had been turned in recent weeks into a headquarters of resistence to the upcoming Gaza withdrawal. There were no reports of casualties.
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