Israel warned the Palestinians not to fire at Israelis from evacuated West Bank areas. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, interviewed after Israel completed the evacuation of four northern West Bank settlements along with the Gaza Strip, played down concerns that the withdrawals would enable Palestinian terrorists to fire mortars and rockets at Israeli communities with impunity.
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