Israeli army ransacks Bedouin Palestinian camp .  AL-MUNTAR , West Bank 1996-08-26  Israeli security forces ransacked a Bedouin encampment in the West Bank on Monday to expel them from an area which Palestinians say had been earmarked for Jewish settlement expansion , residents said .  They said soldiers stole a gold necklace and about $ 2,000 in Israeli currency from an elderly woman and her daughter-in-law while rummaging through their luggage before destroying family shacks and animal barns .  " They rammed our shacks with jeeps and destroyed the shack over my baby , " said 25-year-old Amina Muhammad . "  He was saved only by a miracle . "  A spokesman for Israel 's civil administration in the West Bank said the Bedouins were moved because they were encamped on an Israeli army firing zone .  The spokesman Peter Lerner said he knew nothing about soldiers having stolen anything from the Palestinians .  Israeli security forces have been pursuing Bedouin Palestinians living in the desolate wilderness between East Jerusalem and the [START_ENT] Dead Sea [END_ENT] , where several Jewish settlements have been established .  The Israeli army also uses the area for military training .
Israeli army ransacks Bedouin Palestinian camp .  AL-MUNTAR , West Bank 1996-08-26  Israeli security forces ransacked a Bedouin encampment in the West Bank on Monday to expel them from an area which Palestinians say had been earmarked for Jewish settlement expansion , residents said .  They said soldiers stole a gold necklace and about $ 2,000 in Israeli currency from an elderly woman and her daughter-in-law while rummaging through their luggage before destroying family shacks and animal barns .  " They rammed our shacks with jeeps and destroyed the shack over my baby , " said 25-year-old Amina Muhammad . "  He was saved only by a miracle . "  A spokesman for Israel 's civil administration in the West Bank said the Bedouins were moved because they were encamped on an Israeli army firing zone .  The spokesman Peter Lerner said he knew nothing about soldiers having stolen anything from the Palestinians .  Israeli security forces have been pursuing Bedouin Palestinians living in the desolate wilderness between East Jerusalem and the
Dead Sea
, where several Jewish settlements have been established .  The Israeli army also uses the area for military training .
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