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An Jewish settler holds the Israeli flag on the rooftop of a house as settlers attempt to resist the forced evacuation of the Jewish settlement of Gadid, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, August 19, 2005. Israeli troops quickly cleared out Gadid's synagogue full of dozens of opponents to the Gaza pullout on Friday, avoiding a repeat of previous day's violence in which youths holed up on a rooftop pelted soldiers with acid, oil and sand. The smooth operation that cleared out the small settlement of Gadid was the latest sign of progress as Israel pushed forward with its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)