This is how things look on the ground in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip just days before the pullout begins: Structures abandoned homes, deserted public buildings and empty parks.
Disengagement Authority Head Yonantan Bassi recently said he expects the real exodus to begin just a few days prior to the pullout - now it has begun.
Something about the Gush Katif settlers’ determination to battle the pullout has faded during this past week, when the first containers arrived. Many residents have already loaded their belongings onto the trucks and left their homes to the tractors.
If until recently the soon-to-be evacuees had discretely contacted the Disengagement Authority regarding their post-pullout housing solutions, now hundreds of Gaza settlers are arriving at their office in Sderot to examine different housing options and the possibility of receiving compensation.
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