Sharon Nods at Partial Withdrawal from Hebron

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Sharon Nods at Partial Withdrawal from Hebron

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to allow the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to thin out from the West Bank city of Hebron, Israel Radio reported.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to allow the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to thin out from the West Bank city of Hebron, Israel Radio reported.

The partial pullout plan, presented by Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer, was approved by Sharon at a meeting before the weekly cabinet session.

The radio said that Sharon and Ben Eliezer had also agreed to leave a detachment of soldiers on the hilltop of Abu Sneina, opposite settler houses in the divided city.

Sniper fire from Abu Sneina has killed an infant child of Jewishsettlers during the Palestinian-Israel conflict.

The Israeli forces reoccupied seven major West Bank cities in June after Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel.

Elsewhere in the West Bank, IDF tanks re-entered Jenin Saturday night, less than 48 hours after Israel pulled out of the West Bank city and lifted a curfew in response to what it called relative quiet.

Palestinian militants detonated explosives planted on the road to deter the tanks, which returned fire with machine guns. Neither side reported any injuries.

The Israeli army spokesman could not say why the tanks had rumbled back into Jenin, known as a militant stronghold, saying that Israel does not discuss its deployment decisions.

However, after entering the city, troops issued a statement saying it was looking for gunmen and urging residents not to cooperate with militants.

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