Israel plans full Lebanon pullout within days
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Israel intends to complete a troop   withdrawal from Lebanon by the weekend, Defense Minister Amir   Peretz said on Wednesday, as Germany and Malaysia took steps to   beef up an international peacekeeping force.
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Israel is prepared to withdraw troops from Palestinian areas well ahead of a planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank next summer, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said.
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Israel will lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday at 1500 GMT, the Israeli government announces.
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Israel's plan to withdraw from some  occupied territory aims to rule out a Palestinian state  indefinitely, with full U.S. approval, Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's chief of staff said on Wednesday.
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Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to bust   Israel's eight-week-old blockade of its ports and airport   unless it is lifted within two days as envisaged by U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said it will lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday as it faced widespread international pressure more than three weeks after a cease-fire took effect, ending a bloody monthlong conflict with Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Israel says it has withdrawn all troops from Lebanon, fulfilling a key condition of the ceasefire with Hezbollah.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls for Israel to lift its   blockade of Lebanon swiftly and to withdraw fully from the   country as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group has  provided Israel with information on the fate of a missing  Israeli airman, a move that will finalize prisoner exchange  talks within weeks, a Omani newspaper said on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday gave the go ahead to Israeli forces to withdraw from a teeming refugee camp and other heavily populated areas in northern Gaza, media reports said.
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Israel plans to pull troops out of  Palestinian cities for a Jan. 9 presidential election to pick a  successor to Yasser Arafat, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said  on Monday.
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Israel massed tanks and troops on the border Friday hours after calling up reserves, as the army announced plans for a ground operation to destroy Hezbollah's tunnels, hideouts and weapons stashes.
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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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A U.N. commander said on Tuesday Israeli   troops should be out of south Lebanon within days, but Israeli   media said a full withdrawal could be delayed after a meeting   with the U.N. peacekeepers did not reach full agreement.
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Developments Monday in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon:
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Israel's army chief said Saturday that Israel has tripled the number of forces in Lebanon as part of its expanded ground offensive and will keep fighting until a cease-fire is implemented.
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Israel's defense minister said Sunday that Israel would accept a temporary international force, preferably headed by NATO, deployed along the Lebanese border to keep Hezbollah guerrillas away from Israel.