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September 3, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0209020047sep02.story?coll=chi%2Dprintnews%2Dhed

Scorecard on the "Gaza-Bethlehem First" Security Agreement

(Chicago Tribune) - Israeli Defense Minister Ben Eliezer announced a plan on Aug. 19 aimed at pulling IDF troops out of Bethlehem and from parts of the Gaza Strip. Since the announcement, attacks on the road that runs from Kissufim checkpoint in the middle of the Gaza Strip have increased, officials said. The Israeli army contends that more troops, not fewer, are now necessary in Gaza. According to Col. Halutzi Rudoy, commander of the 7th Armored Brigade, "In Bethlehem, the army went in, got inside, and drove most of the bad guys out. Here, the bad guys haven't gone anywhere. All of them are still inside."

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