Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank city of Kalkilya. The army said it would remain in Israeli-controlled territory nearby “to prevent terror activities launched from” areas under Palestinian control. The withdrawal early Monday morning came despite a shooting attack a day earlier in a Jerusalem neighborhood in which a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli teen-agers and wounded dozens of Israelis.
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