Article 6KX7X Israel withdraws troops from southern Gaza for ‘tactical reasons’

Israel withdraws troops from southern Gaza for ‘tactical reasons’

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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
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Drawdown after four months of fighting in Khan Younis coincides with new ceasefire talks

Israel has pulled all of its ground troops out of southern Gaza for tactical reasons", the country's army has said, raising questions about the future direction of the war as Hamas and Israeli delegations travel to Egypt for a new round of ceasefire talks.

Two brigades will stay in the northern half of the Gaza Strip and the new corridor that now bifurcates the Palestinian territory at Wadi Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday, in order to preserve the IDF's freedom of action and its ability to conduct precise intelligence based-operations".

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