Israel launched a massive exercise for security forces slated to carry out the Gaza Strip withdrawal. Several thousand troops and police personnel were dispatched to Tze’elim army base in the Negev on Tuesday for drills scheduled to continue until the actual evacuations of Gaza and the northern West Bank begin next month.
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