- Title: Israel-West Bank-Gaza: Israeli Forces Begin Process Of Withdrawal
- Date: 13th May 1994
- Summary: Palestinian police entered Jericho on May 13 as Israeli soldiers were leaving the West Bank town for the first time in 27 years of occupation. Cheering crowds outside the town's police station welcomed the 750 green-uniformed force. It was the first full transfer of power to Palestinians under the accord with Israel for limited self-rule in Jericho and the Gaza Strip signed in September 1993. In town of Rafah the newly formed police force had to struggle to control the surging crowds as bus loads of their colleagues arrived. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and wounded 7 Palestinians during clashes with stone-throwers. A knife-wielding Palestinian slightly injured a Jewish settler at a West Bank junction. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops finished pulling out of Palestinian areas in the south of the strip, home to about 300,000 of its nearly one million Arab residents. The news was announced in mosques across the strip. In the city of Nablus Palestinian youths threw stones and rocks at Israeli patrols. The soldiers retaliated with rubber bullets and tear gas.WARNING:LOCAL MUSIC LICENCES MAY APPLY.Copyright laws covering the composition, arrangement and/or performance of music differ from country to country, and even from state to state within some countries. These range from limiting the law to specific circumstances - e.g. 'performances given by professionals to a paying audience' - to total coverage that encompasses everything from a professional performance to the most amateur rendition - e.g. 'spectators at sports events'. If in doubt we recommend that either the section containing 'Music' is deleted or that the sound level is turned down and covered with commentary.
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- Location: ISRAEL WEST BANK GAZA JERICHO RAFAH KHANYOUNIS
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