Israel destroys synagogue near 2nd holiest site:3,000 officers deployed in forced removal of 2 Jewish families from Hebron

JERUSALEM-Israeli security forces today,acting under orders from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, amassed in Hebron-the world's oldest Jewish city-where they destroyed a synagogue and forcibly evicted two Jewish families from a Jewish-owned market place located within the city's Jewish community.Hebron is home to the Tomb of the Patriarchs,the second holiest site in Judaism.The tomb is believed to be the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs Abraham,Isaac,Jacob,Sarah,Rebecca and Leah.
More than 3,000 Israeli solders and police officers surrounded a key section of Hebron's Jewish community today to expel the two Jewish families. The government maintains their residency in Hebron is illegal,since the families' arrival wasn't coordinated with the Israeli military.The families say they moved in after the military reneged on an agreement.The families' eviction was widely regarded in Israel as the opening salvo of more planned major evacuations of Jews living in the West Bank's biblical Jewish communities. Dozens of Jewish protesters, including many youths, hunkered down in Hebron overnight to protest the eviction.When police arrived today to remove the two Jewish families, the youth skirmished with the evacuation forces, reportedly throwing eggs and flour and refusing to leave the Hebron site. Fourteen policemen and 25 youth activists reportedly were lightly wounded....
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