JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Their bases dismantled and the Jewish settlements they guarded in ruins, Israeli troops were poised to withdraw from the Gaza Strip on Sunday and leave Palestinians a volatile testing ground for statehood.
The army planned a handover ceremony at the Israel-Gaza border and a symbolic lowering of the Israeli flag at Neve Dekalim, the largest of the 21 settlements evacuated and demolished in the occupied territory last month.
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