Israel Keeps Units in Gaza After Ending Operation, Mofaz Says
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Israel is keeping some army units in the Gaza Strip after completing a 17-day operation to stop Palestinian rocket attacks, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said.
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GAZA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces ended an  operation in the northern Gaza Strip less then 24 hours after  they raided the area to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks  by Palestinian militants, the army said Monday.
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RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops stood by and let thousands of Palestinians stream out of Gaza on Saturday after failing to seal breaches blown in the border by Hamas militants defying an Israeli blockade.
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The Israeli army pulled out of the northern Gaza Strip early Saturday, bringing to an end to its 3-day military operation in the area, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.
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Even after Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, it will still be considered under international law as the occupying power and be held responsible for the crowded territory, according
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Palestinian  rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza will stop, and Israel will withdraw its forces, senior officials say.
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Hamas fighters captured one of the last bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday and the Islamists declared the "liberation" of the Gaza Strip.
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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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TEL AVIV, Israel Oct. 2, 2004 - Israel&#39;s army will operate in the northern Gaza Strip until all Palestinian rocket fire against Israeli towns is halted, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said late Saturday in an interview on Israel Radio.
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Israeli troops could pull back from  several West Bank cities within days, pending the outcome of  further talks with the new Palestinian leadership, Defense  Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday.
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Description: The ongoing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the operation will continue until Israeli settlements and nearby towns are no longer threatened by rocket fire from Palestinian militants.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon late Thursday ordered a troop pullout from a refugee camp, defense officials said, signaling that a two-week offensive in northern Gaza that has left more than 100 Palestinians dead could be easing.    The move came hours after Sharon announced that all 8,200 Jewish settlers will be pulled out of the Gaza Strip starting next summer and the operation will last 12 weeks...
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Israeli forces continued a major operation in Gaza on Thursday with tanks and armored vehicles to suppress rocket fire into Israel, and in the process killed seven Palestinians.
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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 seized control of parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a day after soldiers killed 14 Hamas fighters in the deadliest strike against the leading Palestinian militant group.
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Israeli soldiers finished pulling back from positions in major Palestinian refugee camps and cities in northern Gaza Friday, the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel's army will operate in the northern Gaza Strip until all Palestinian rocket fire against Israeli towns is halted, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said late Saturday in an interview on Israel Radio.    Sharon spoke as his forces ended the fourth day of an invasion in which 50 Palestinians and five Israelis have been killed...