The settlers are forced to leave the house they named 'The house of peace'

Israeli police were dragging settlers out of the building on Thursday.

Hundreds of settlers' supporters and activists have flocked to the area in the past week in solidarity with the building's occupants and tensions have been high.

The controversy

Settlers claim they have lawfully bought the Hebron house from a Palestinian, who denies selling the house.

On November 16, the Israeli High Court of Justice ordered evacuation of the house until ownership is determined.

Palestinians said on Thursday that Jewish settlers had sprayed graffiti on several
mosques in villages surrounding the city of Qalqilya.  Some of the graffiti read "Regards from Hebron" and "Death to Arabs".

The settlers are also accused of damaging Muslim gravesites.

On Wednesday, the Israeli army declared the area surrounding the house a closed military zone and hundreds of police and army forces were deployed in Hebron.

Thirteen settler families have been living in the controversial house since March 2007.

It is located in a key strategic location between the settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Cave of the Patriarchs, a holy site for Jews and Muslims.

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