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| Israeli troops 'withdraw from Gaza' | Israeli troops 'withdraw from Gaza' |
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| Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to "defensive positions" outside the Gaza Strip. | |
| Lt-Col Peter Lerner told reporters Israeli forces would have left Gaza before a 72-hour truce, scheduled for 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT). | |
| Israeli media reports had claimed the main aim of the conflict - to destroy militants' tunnels - had been achieved. | |
| Gaza officials say the four-week conflict has killed 1,800 Palestinians. Some 67 Israelis have also died. | |
| A Thai national working in Israel was also killed. | |
| The withdrawal announcement came moments before the latest truce was due to come into force. | |
| "The Israel Defence Forces will be redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions," Col Lerner said. | |
| Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on 8 July with the stated aim of ending rocket attacks and destroying tunnels used by Palestinian militants. | |
| Reuters news agency had earlier reported several Israeli broadcasters as claiming that the tunnels had been destroyed. | |
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