(AP/Miami Herald) - Ibrahim Barzak Two hours after Israeli troops left Beit Hanoun just north of Gaza City, about 600 angry residents of the town of 35,000 took to the streets in a spontaneous protest, blocking a main road with trash cans, rocks, and burning tires in a show of outrage against the militants who launch rockets at towns inside Israel. "They (the militants) claim they are heroes," said Mohammed Zaaneen, 30. "They brought us only destruction and made us homeless. They used our farms, our houses, and our children to hide." Similar protests have also been reported in the southern Gaza Strip, where residents of Khan Yunis and Rafah have been pressuring the PA to make an effort to stop the attacks. In some areas, residents have set up vigilante patrols to prevent Hamas activists from entering their neighborhoods. (Jerusalem Post)
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