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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to widen an offensive into Gaza which has killed over 50  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets that have  fueled criticism of his plan to quit the occupied strip.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today said he has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants ahead of a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian  militant in Gaza on Sunday, the 11th day of an offensive Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse internal resistance to  his plan for withdrawing from some occupied land.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Thursday to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan despite his own party&#39;s humiliating rebuff of his bid to forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave the go-ahead on Thursday for troops to withdraw from parts of northern Gaza, media reports said, shortly after they killed the 100th Palestinian in the largest Gaza offensive in four years.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he would push ahead with the army&#039;s widescale offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop militant rocket fire would last for a &quot;long time.&quot;
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive into northern Gaza, saying troops will remain in the area until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted.
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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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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed Sunday to expand Israel's deadliest offensive in Gaza in four years and to stay as long as needed to stop Palestinian rocket fire as renewed attacks from the air and on the ground killed seven more Palestinians.    The latest killings brought the Palestinian death toll to 59 since Thursday...
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JERUSALEM - Facing unrelenting criticism from Jewish settlers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday that nothing would deter him from pushing forward with his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.    Also Monday, scattered fighting in the Gaza Strip killed at least five Palestinian militants, including two Palestinians who infiltrated Israel from Gaza early Monday and were shot in a lengthy gunbattle...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave  the go-ahead on Thursday for troops to withdraw from parts of  northern Gaza, media reports said, shortly after they killed  the 100th Palestinian in the largest Gaza offensive in four  years.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on  Thursday to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and  soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party's rejection of  a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.
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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 &#151; in which 58 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed &#151; will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal.
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JERUSALEM - 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 at least 61 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed - will help clear the way for an Israeli withdrawal...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Monday submitted his Gaza withdrawal plan for a crucial  parliamentary vote, while tanks and troops killed 16  Palestinians in a raid against militants in the coastal strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party&#39;s rejection of a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.