IDF troops build first sukkah in Gaza since 2005

(JNS) - Israel Defense Forces soldiers have erected a sukkah in the Netzarim Corridor dividing northern and southern Gaaza ahead of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, which starts on Wednesday, Hebrew media reported.

It is the first time a sukkah has been built in Gaza since Israel disengaged from the enclave in 2005, forcibly removing some 8,000 Jews from their homes.

During the weeklong Sukkot holiday, which this year started at sundown on Oct. 16 and runs through Oct. 23, Jews erect festive booths across the Jewish state, in keeping with the biblical commandment of Leviticus 23:42-43 to "dwe...