August 22, 2005
Israel Completes the Evacuation of Gaza Settlements
Historical context
On August 22, 2005, Israel finished removing residents from the Gaza settlements. Four West Bank settlements were cleared the next day.
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On this day, Israel finished evacuating residents from the settlements in the Gaza Strip. A Congressional Research Service account of the disengagement records that police and soldiers began removing people who had not left on their own on 17 August 2005, that the Gaza evacuation was completed on 22 August, and that four settlements in the northern West Bank were cleared on 23 August.
The same withdrawal covered 21 Gaza settlements and those four West Bank settlements, about 8,500 people. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had announced it as a unilateral step. Israeli forces remained in the Strip until 12 September, when the army finished leaving its bases there.
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Sources and further reading
- Israel’s Disengagement from Gaza · Congressional Research Service · Congressional Research Service View source
- Israel Completes Pullout From Gaza, West Bank Settlements · PBS NewsHour · PBS View source
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