More than half the settlers in the Gaza Strip are believed willing to accept relocation. Addressing the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday, Yonatan Bassi, director of the Disengagement Authority, said some 600 of 1,700 settler families in Gaza are due to leave in the next two months. Another 800 families have voiced willingness in principle to be evacuated, he said.
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