Gaza settlers 'will return army-issue weapons'
A Jewish settler leader in the Gaza Strip said today that settlers would comply with a Defence Ministry order to return army-issue weapons to the military, defusing a potentially serious problem ahead of this summer’s planned Israeli evacuation of the volatile territory.
The comment by Avner Shimoni, head of the Gaza Coast Settlers Council, followed yesterday’s announcement that Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz had instructed the military to work with settlers on a voluntary handover of weapons just before the pullout.
