Israeli forces have begun evicting the final hardline group of Jewish settlers by surrounding synagogues in Gaza and the West Bank where thousands of them have taken refuge.
Several Israeli police have been injured after radicals threw acid at forces attempting to evacuate a synagogue in the Gaza Strip.
The incident occurred at the Kfar Darom synagogue, on the second day of the operation to forcibly evacuate settlements.
Dozens of riot police are using cranes, ladders and water cannon to remove protesters from the rooftop of the synagogue.
Nearly all the families in the Kfar Darom settlement have refused to leave their homes.
The Israeli army said the evacuation of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories is going faster than expected and may be over in a few days, instead of the six weeks originally scheduled.
Officials say at least a quarter of the settlements have now been cleared.
Yesterday a Jewish settler shot dead three Palestinian workers in a bid to sabotage Israel's pullout plans.
The gunman was a driver who took a number of Palestinians to work in the Shiloh settlement in the West Bank, before grabbing a gun from a security man and opening fire on his passengers.
Three other Palestinians were wounded in the attack. The settler was later arrested.
