Israeli security struggle to halt Gaza protestors

Two hundred opponents of Israel’s planned Gaza Strip evacuation stole into the coastal strip overnight in defiance of a military ban, even as security forces blocked thousands of protesters from marching into Gaza to bolster settler resistance to the withdrawal.

Police went into the northern Gaza settlement of Nissanit and quickly detained 150 infiltrators for questioning, said police spokesman Avi Zelba. They were continuing to look for the remaining 50, Zelba said.