The Gaza Strip withdrawal should not be carried out like a combat mission, Israel’s army chief said. “We are not going into battle,” Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz told officers Sunday in a final briefing before withdrawals from Gaza and the northern West Bank get under way.
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