Israeli army pulls back
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A 17-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the biggest in four years, came to an end after the army withdrew from the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
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JERUSALEM: Israel scaled back its vast operation in northern Gaza despite the deaths of four more Palestinians as tens of thousands of Muslims joined the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem&#39;s Al Aqsa mosque.
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Israel said today that it had begun to scale back its 17-day military operation into the northern Gaza Strip after the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians, but Gaza
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French soldiers deployed in Ivory Coast  to help evacuate expatriates from violent mob rioting will  start pulling back from some positions in the main city Abidjan  this week, the Ivorian army said on Sunday.
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Israeli troops pulled back from a Lebanese border town Saturday after a week of heavy fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas who hailed the retreat as a victory. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the Middle East to push a refined U.S. peace plan.
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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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The Israeli army has pulled back from Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip after a three day operation that killed eight Palestinians.
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The Israeli army pulled out of the northern Gaza Strip early Saturday, bringing to an end to its 3-day military operation in the area, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.
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ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon without fanfare on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under a ceasefire deal that ended a costly war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
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The Israeli army withdrew its forces from the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday after a three-day hunt for Palestinian militants that led to five arrests and uncovered several weapons workshops. However, the army said the operation was not over.
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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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RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops pulled back overnight from the breached Gaza border after a security guard was shot in the foot, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream across unhindered.
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Israeli forces have withdrawn from   more than 80 percent of Lebanese territory conquered during the   offensive against Hizbollah, handing it over to U.N.   peacekeepers, the Israeli army said on 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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The Israeli army began handing over positions to the U.N. early Thursday, stepping up its withdrawal from southern Lebanon after the Lebanese government agreed to deploy troops near Israel's border for the first time in 40 years.
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GAZA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces withdrew early  Saturday from a northern Gaza Strip refugee camp, three days  after launching an incursion to prevent the firing of rockets  at Israeli towns, an Israeli military source said.
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MOSHAV ZARIT, Israel, Oct. 1 -- Israeli military officials said the army withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the cease-fire that ended a month-long war with the radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah.