Most settlers in the Gaza Strip have agreed to relocate to Israel, a newspaper reported. Yediot Achronot reported that at least 1,000 families from the Gush Katif settlement bloc — more than half the total number of Gaza settlers slated for evacuation in August — had signed a letter agreeing in principle to be relocated to Nitzanim, a new community to be established for them up the coast in Israel.
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