IDF Chief of Staff: Pullout Won't Be Under Fire

(Jerusalem Post) Arieh O'Sullivan - New IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz said Tuesday that evacuation of the Gaza Strip would only take place after the IDF had secured the volatile areas to make sure Palestinians could not attack settlers and soldiers. "There won't be any disengagement under fire and this means that if there will be fire we will have to halt [withdrawal], deal with it, and only when the fire is put out will we complete the evacuation," Halutz said.


2005-06-15 00:00:00

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