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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: April 14, 2005 |
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The Israeli army will build three new roads in the Gaza Strip to aid this summer's planned evacuation of Jewish settlers from the volatile territory, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.
The Haaretz daily said the army decided on the step because existing Gaza roads are too narrow to accommodate the heavy military traffic the evacuation effort is expected to generate.
There was no immediate comment from the army on the report.
Haaretz said new dirt roads will run parallel to three existing thoroughfares connecting Jewish settlement blocs in northern, central and southern Gaza to communities in southern Israel.
It said the army has already constructed fences along one of the proposed roads to prevent Palestinian militants from attacking military and civilian traffic at the time of the evacuation.
The Gaza withdrawal, set for July, aims at evacuating all 8,500 Jewish settlers from 21 communities. Earlier this week a senior Israeli officer said more than 10,000 troops will be trained to carry out the mission. Large numbers of police officers are also expected to participate.
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