Israel Says It Will Scale Back Gaza Offensive
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Israel said Friday it was easing a  crushing offensive that has killed more than 100 Palestinians  since tanks rumbled into northern Gaza 16 days ago to stop  militants from launching cross-border rocket attacks.
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Israel began scaling back its 17 day offensive in the Gaza Strip today after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon heeded the armyâs warning that an extended stay is too risky and the US called for a quick withdrawal.
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Israel pulled most of its forces out of the northern Gaza Strip Saturday after a four-day incursion it said was staged to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israeli towns.
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Israel's military is to cut off electricity and fuel to the Gaza Strip in response to continued rocket attacks from Hamas.
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Israel struck back with missiles at Gaza Strip militants Monday after five Israeli troops were killed in a resurgence of violence that has dented hopes of peace after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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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 indicated yesterday it would scale back groundforces in some of the most densely populated areas of northern Gaza as the US Administration publicly called on it to end
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Israeli leaders decided on Wednesday against a broad offensive in Gaza to curb cross-border rocket attacks but did not rule out cutting off Israeli-supplied power to the Palestinian territory, government officials said.
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The truce is expected to end the five-month Israeli military offensive into Gaza and rocket attacks from Palestinian militants
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Israel announced on Friday it was  sharply reducing its military operations in the West Bank and  Gaza Strip in response to efforts by Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas to end attacks on Israelis.
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Israel withdrew tanks and ground forces from populated areas in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, wrapping up its bloodiest offensive in the area in more than four years of fighting.
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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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The Israeli army pulled most of its forces  out of northern Gaza on Friday, scaling back one of its biggest  offensives in four years of conflict, an incursion that began  16 days ago and has killed more than 100 Palestinians.
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Israel will declare the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity" in response to Palestinian rocket attacks, officials say.
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Israeli tanks rumbled out of the Gaza Strip on Friday, ending a massive 16-day offensive that killed at least 100 Palestinians in an attempt to stop rocket fire into the Jewish state.
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Israel would like to sever its  remaining connections with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip  after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt,  a top Israeli defence official said on Thursday.
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Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday agreed to press ahead with military raids in Gaza but did not opt for a large-scale assault in response to a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, political sources said.