Gaza - Bulldozers Raze Part of Forgotten Neighborhood - NYTimes.com The Hamas government demolished more than a dozen makeshift homes this week in an impoverished enclave known as the Forgotten Neighborhood, and officials said they would soon remove the rest of the structures, which were built without permits on public land. Residents said that two bulldozers came to the Gaza City enclave on Monday and razed the rusted-zinc shanties that housed about 18 Bedouin families, some for more than two decades. The neighborhood was the focus of an article on Monday in The New York Times about poverty in Gaza. Amal Shamaly, a spokeswoman for the Land Authority, said that all "illegal building" on government land would be removed, and that a security compound was planned for the area. Residents said that they had been sent demolition orders several years ago, and again several months ago, but that no action was taken until this week. The families who lost their houses were staying in a tent on Tuesday, while some of the women and children moved in with relatives.