Israeli military cutting back arrest raids
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In an effort to shore up a shaky truce in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials said Monday that they are reducing their operations in the West Bank and had made it more difficult for field commanders to order arrest raids there.
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Israel carries out arrests and fresh air strikes in response to persistent rocket attacks from Gaza.
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Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besieged strip in response to a slew of Palestinian rocket barrages at nearby Israeli towns
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Israel dismissed a group of reservist military officers on Sunday who threatened they would disobey an order to evacuate Jewish settlements under a Gaza pullout plan, one of the officers said.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, putting 30,000 Palestinians under curfew as soldiers searched for wanted militants.
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Responding to death threats against government ministers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered law enforcement agencies Sunday to crack down on Jewish extremists opposed to the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli troops detain a Fatah parliamentarian, and overnight raids kill two militants in Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the army to hunt down Palestinian militants after 16 people were killed in back-to-back suicide bombings by the militant Islamic Hamas group.
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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved Monday afternoon a series of operations which will be launched in the Rafah area against tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle weapons and attack Israeli targets.
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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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In the past seven years, the Israeli military has indicted just 10 percent of soldiers suspected of criminal offenses against Palestinians, an Israeli human rights group reported Tuesday, saying the figure raises questions about Israel's willingness to prosecute.
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Israeli forces pulled back on Thursday after a raid into the northern Gaza Strip a day earlier in which troops killed 11 people in clashes with local gunmen and prompted calls for revenge from Hamas militants.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease back military operations against Palestinian militants if  they halted attacks, but the guerrillas said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers sealed off this city yesterday , placed its densely populated center under curfew, and conducted house-to-house searches for Palestinian militants in the largest military operation in the West Bank in months.
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The Israeli army on Monday said it will not press charges against officers who ordered the use of cluster bombs during last year's war in Lebanon
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Israel dismissed a group of reservist  military officers on Sunday who threatened they would disobey  an order to evacuate Jewish settlements under a Gaza pullout  plan, one of the officers said.
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Troops sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip today, imposing a virtual blanket ban on Palestinians entering Israel until the end of the Jewish holiday season next month, due to fears of terror attacks.