Word: morag
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...Although Haim Gross and his family were evacuated, with the rest of Morag's residents on Wednesday noon, he was back in the settlement less than 24 hours later. "I came back with some friends to oversee the houses' demolition work", he explains. Israeli security forces let some of Morag's former residents enter the village again for a few hours so they could inspect the destruction works done by the Israeli contractors...
...sniper in the Givati Brigade, serving in the Gaza Strip. The previous night the soldier had stood guard at Morag, a Jewish settlement near the Egyptian border. With his night-vision goggles, he noticed six Palestinians creeping toward the settlement. They dug a hole to hide a roadside bomb outside the settlement. Quietly he called his commander by radio and asked permission to strike. By the time he got the go-ahead, three of the Palestinians had left. Still, two were killed and one wounded. Then the company commander awarded the crosses. Amid the sniper's admiring friends was another...