Sixty-three settler families have agreed to leave the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said. According to figures released Wednesday by Disengagement Authority chief Yonatan Bassi, 63 families from the mostly secular settlements of Peat Sadeh, Nisanit and Elei Sinai have taken up government relocation packages before this summer’s Gaza withdrawal.
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