Israel begins last phase of Lebanon withdrawal
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Israeli forces crossed from southern Lebanon on Sunday to begin the last phase of their withdrawal under a U.N. resolution to end a war with Hizbollah guerrillas, an Israeli security source said.
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JERUSALEM, Sept 22  - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday that Israel&#39;s withdrawal of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip would start in the summer of 2005 and last 12 weeks, in an interview with public television.
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MARJAYOUN, Lebanon  - Israel ousted Hizbollah   guerillas from a stronghold just inside Lebanon on Saturday   after several days of fierce fighting, the army said, as it   bombarded targets across the south of the country.
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The United Nations declared an   end on Thursday to the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon caused by   the Israeli-Hizbollah war and said it planned to shift its   resources to rebuilding the war-shattered area.
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Israel on Thursday imposed a sea and air blockade on Lebanon to cut off supply routes to Lebanese militants, the Israeli military said.
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The Israeli army is preparing to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by Sunday morning, defense officials said.
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Westerners fled by land, sea and air Monday as Israel sent ground troops into Lebanon briefly and Hezbollah rockets knocked down a three-story house in northern Israel. However, there were signs of movement on the diplomatic front to end the worst fighting in 24 years.
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A look at major events between Lebanon and Israel:
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JERUSALEM, Aug. 31 -- The Israeli army turned over a small border area in southern Lebanon to Lebanese and foreign troops Thursday, a symbolic move paving the way for U.N. peacekeepers to go into the volatile region.
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MARWAHEEN, Lebanon -- The Israeli army abandoned almost all of its positions in Lebanon early yesterday, a key step toward fulfilling a major condition of the truce that ended a month- long war against Hezbollah.
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Israel's Cabinet became the final party to sign on to the U.N. cease-fire deal Sunday, while Israeli planes blasted Beirut and ground troops battled Hezbollah in south Lebanon seeking to batter the militant Islamic group in the hours before fighting stopped. Hezbollah hit back with its heaviest rocket barrage of the war on northern Israel.
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 15. - Israel on Monday offered its first indication that it was reassessing relations with the Palestinians after Yasser Arafatâs death, suggesting it might coordinate a planned withdrawal
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Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 1500 GMT   on Thursday, handing over control to international forces.
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The Israeli army left all but one divided border town in Lebanon Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the truce.
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The Lebanese army is preparing to launch a final assault against al Qaeda-inspired militants holed up at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, political and security sources said on Wednesday.
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TYRE, Lebanon  - Civilians fled battered villages   in southern Lebanon on Monday after Israel said it would halt   its air strikes but the Jewish state pledged to step up its   offensive to root out Hizbollah guerrillas.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops advanced towards fortified positions of Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday in what political sources said was the start of a final assault to root out the gunmen.