Israeli Army chief says troops to leave Lebanon this week
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's army chief said yesterday that he expected to pull his troops out of Lebanon by the weekend, which would meet a key requirement of the cease-fire that halted a 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas.
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The Israeli pullout from Lebanon was unlikely to be completed before the weekend, a senior army officer said Wednesday.
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Israeli troops could pull back from several West Bank cities within days, pending the outcome of further talks with the new Palestinian leadership, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday.
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Israel may withdraw all its troops from Lebanon within two weeks if the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon continues to deploy at the current pace, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.
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HERZLIYA, Israel -- Israel's defense minister said yesterday that Israeli troops will withdraw from Palestinian areas for 72 hours during the Palestinian presidential election next month, signaling that a deadly attack on an Israeli Army outpost has not stopped fledgling peace efforts.
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Israel will withdraw its troops from Palestinian towns for 72 hours during next month's Palestinian presidential election, the defense minister said Monday, signaling that a deadly weekend attack on an Israel army post is not derailing fledgling peace efforts.
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The commander of U.N. peacekeepers said   a joint meeting with Lebanese and Israeli officers on Monday   had brought closer a full Israeli troop withdrawal from south   Lebanon in line with a U.N. resolution.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer, and he ordered a troop withdrawal from a refugee camp &#151; signaling that a bloody two-week offensive in northern Gaza could be easing.
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About 60 South Korean combat soldiers will leave for Lebanon later Wednesday to prepare for the deployment of a peacekeeping force, defence officials said.
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Udi Adam, an Israeli general who had a key commanding role during the conflict in Lebanon, resigns.
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Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip will be removed from their homes next summer, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Thursday, and in the meantime he said Israel will broaden its military offensive there.
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Israel and an international   peacekeeping force have yet to agree on rules of engagement in   south Lebanon that would enable Israeli troops to complete a   planned pullout, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Tuesday.
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Jewish settler leaders have warned Israel's army chief that hundreds, and possibly thousands, of soldiers could refuse to carry out orders to evacuate Gaza Strip settlers if the government goes ahead with a plan to withdraw from the coastal area later this year.
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Syrian troops will start redeploying in parts of Lebanon, including moving away from the area of Beirut Airport, on orders from the leadership of both countries, the Lebanese Defense Ministry said Saturday.
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Responding to growing threats of insubordination, Israel's army chief announced Thursday he'll expel officers and soldiers who refuse to participate in a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
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Israel's defense minister said Sunday that Israel would accept a temporary international force, preferably headed by NATO, deployed along the Lebanese border to keep Hezbollah guerrillas away from Israel.
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Israel is prepared to withdraw troops from Palestinian areas well ahead of a planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank next summer, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said.