Israeli troops withdrew from some 24 West Bank villages. At the same time, the army sent tanks and troops into the Palestinian-controlled towns of Bir Zeit and Dahariya and into a refugee camp near Nablus before dawn Thursday, making arrests and seizing weapons.
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