September 11, 2005

The Israeli cabinet votes (14–2) to complete disengagement without demolishing 19 Gaza synagogues and to declare officially the end of military rule in Gaza. In the evening, the IDF holds a flag-lowering ceremony in Gaza, begins pullout of its 6 remaining battalions (5,000–6,000 troops), which should be completed by dawn on 9/12. In the afternoon, the IDF fires on Palestinians gathering nr. Khan Yunis to watch the final pullout, wounding 5. A Jewish settler fr. Kiryat Arba injures a 24-yr.-old Palestinian woman, a 10-yr.-old Palestinian girl in a hitand-run in Hebron. (BBC 9/11; NYT, WP, WT 9/12; PCHR 9/15)