Israel declares Gaza offensive a success
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But the officials conceded on Saturday that the operation was unlikely to halt the rocket attacks altogether and stressed the army was prepared to move back into the area.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a historic victory Tuesday when parliament voted to approve his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank &#151; the first time lawmakers have authorized the removal of Jewish settlements from lands the Palestinians claim for a state.
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Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians,  including five militants, in Gaza on Saturday as the army  pressed on with a massive offensive aimed at stopping militants  firing rockets into Israel.
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Israel attacked Islamist fighters in Gaza on Wednesday for the first time since Hamas seized the territory, and ended an embargo of the Palestinian Authority by opening contacts with a new government in the occupied West Bank.
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Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which won parliamentary approval Tuesday, will prove to be a victory for the Palestinian resistance against occupation, the militant Hamas movement said on Wednesday.
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Israel seals off Gaza after six Israelis are killed in an attack condemned by the new Palestinian leader.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, saying troops will remain until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted. Israeli officials said the offensive -- in which 58 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed -- will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal.
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Israeli forces continued a major operation in Gaza today with tanks and armored vehicles to suppress rocket fire into Israel, and in the process killed seven Palestinians.
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Israel pushed more forces into Gaza today after the deadliest day in more than two years in the Middle East.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's plan to pull out of Gaza next year passed a crucial test yesterday when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, his government crippled by opposition to the withdrawal, easily won Likud Party approval to invite the dovish Labor Party into his coalition.
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Responding to rocket fire, Israel has escalated strikes on Gaza, killing at least 50 Palestinians.
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Israel carries out arrests and fresh air strikes in response to persistent rocket attacks from Gaza.
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A truce between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel took effect on Sunday, heralding a possible end to a wave of rocket attacks on the Jewish state and a halt to a five-month-old Israeli military offensive.
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Looking back on Operation Days of Repentance, the massive incursion into northern Gaza that ended with a troop pullback last weekend, Israel field commanders called the 17-day foray a resounding operational success.
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ARIEL Sharon won a striking victory yesterday when the Knesset approved his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip by a 67-45 vote, a wider margin than supporters had hoped for.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won a key victory today as his cabinet easily approved a plan to compensate Jewish settlers who would be uprooted from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a major Israeli offensive that would re-occupy northern parts of the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian fighters firing homemade rockets into Israel , Israeli Army Radio said.