'RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas police wielding clubs beat and pushed residents out of dozens of homes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Sunday before knocking the buildings down with bulldozers, residents said.
Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said the homes were built illegally on government land. Newly homeless residents were furious over Palestinians on bulldozers razing Palestinian homes.
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Her neighbor, Nazira Abu Jara, 56, said policewomen wearing face veils typical of conservative Muslim women beat her with clubs until she fled her house with her husband and two children. "Neighbors help us get by with charity. We can't afford to build again," Abu Jara said.
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Residents said between 30 and 40 homes were torn down, ranging from concrete structures to tin shacks. They did not know how many people were affected. Hamas officials did not allow reporters into the area until the demolition was over.
Residents said more demolitions in the area were expected Monday.'
Now if this had been action by Israel then this would be headline news, with much footage of wailing mothers and homeless children, maybe with a final shot of a child's soft toy on top of a heap of rubble (copyright Pallywood). But as this Palestinian on Palestinian action it warrants just a short page on the BBC's Middle East news site and nothing on the TV. The BBC narrative that Israel is guilty and the Palestinians are innocent cannot be sidelined by anything as inconvenient as the truth.
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