(New York Times) Steven Erlanger - Completing an emotional pullout unmarred by serious violence, Israeli soldiers and police officers finished their evacuation of 25 settlements in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Tuesday. While the evacuation of four West Bank settlements on Tuesday pulled Jewish residents out of an area nearly twice the size of Gaza, Israeli troops will continue to patrol the area.
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