The last desperate battle for Gaza between Israeli settlers and the Israeli Army is unfolding now in dramatic scenes fom the Gaza Strip on CNN.
In many ways, the battle for a synagogue in Gaza is the last gasp of the settlers' effort to resist evacuation from the Gaza Strip.
The Army is being extremely considerate of the settlers, who are on the roof of a synagogue. The fight resembles a giant fraternity food fight, but it is about as peaceful a fight as anyone can imagine. There are no efforts on either side to hurt anyone involved.
The settlers on the roof are throwing some kind of watery substance - apparently paint thinner mixed with old paint - and are shooting streams of putty from plastering guns that fall on the shields and helments of the soldiers trying to assault the roof from ladders from the ground. Meanwhile, the few soldiers who gained the roof are gently wrestling teenaged boys for control of their megaphones. Soldiers on the ground are rushing to get the liquid off them, but there seems to be no panic. Many of the soldiers are removing their clothes and some are in their underwear.
At the roof's edge are coiled strands of concertina wire, offering a flimsy but sharp and somewhat effective barrier to the soldiers, All the soldiers and the settlers seem to be unarmed.
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