The withdrawal has forced the IDF to defend the communities bordering Gaza from within those communities.
The suggestion that Egypt might assume responsibility for Gaza has been rejected by the Mubarak Government.
Today, Israel maintains a security buffer between the Egyptian controlled Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military has said that several rockets were fired in Gaza early on Thursday.
Polls show that around 60% of Israelis back the idea of abandoning the Gaza outposts.
The Israeli military said that several rockets were fired in Gaza early on Thursday.
Their movement is controlled by both Israel's blockade of Gaza and by the Hamas government.
But the Israeli military says the athletes do not meet the criteria required to leave Gaza.
Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge.
It is likely Rawan will leave Gaza through Egypt in order to travel to Oxford.
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Ya'alon stressed that there was no relation between Israel's actions in Gaza and Abu Hamdiya's death.
Medical officials in Gaza quoted by the AFP news agency said the two were both 17-year-olds.
Mr Marzuka said Egypt's contact with Palestinians in Gaza should be through the Rafah crossing.
Her husband, a psychologist, is still in Gaza trying to help the last settlers there.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is considering sending over 2, 000 troops into Gaza.
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He also oversaw balloting in Gaza during the elections in the Palestinian territory in January 2006.
U.S. and Israeli officials credit the Iron Dome with preventing numerous rocket attacks from neighboring Gaza.
And if I may ask you, the European Union has proposed opening of the Gaza crossing.
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Even when a deal has seemed in reach, Gaza's leaders eye richer opportunities to the south.
His Fatah movement, based in the West Bank, is deeply split from Hamas, which governs Gaza.
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Meanwhile, former Palestinian prisoners have been arriving back in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israeli forces will continue to operate in Gaza.
The other problem we have is that there is simply no cash in Gaza.
Similar rallies were held across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and even in the Gaza Strip.
In Gaza, Mr Barak promised the Palestinians he would discuss Wye on his return from Washington.
The Israeli military would only confirm it carried out an airstrike in northern Gaza.
Increasingly, international envoys ask whether an economic opening to Gaza could lead to a political one.
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And de-escalation has to begin with, again, an end to rocket fire from Gaza.
It takes longer to get to Gaza than to New York, says a disgruntled West Banker.
Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the Gaza crisis.
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