Israel army withdraws after Hebron operation

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Israeli troops withdrew from a Hebron neighborhood in the occupied West Bank after an operation linked to an attack that killed two soldiers in October. Palestinian residents had been evacuated, and the military later demolished the homes of the two gunmen.

Israeli troops withdrew on Monday from an area of the occupied West Bank's largest city that they had evacuated of its Palestinian residents, following an attack that killed two soldiers in October. The operation had emptied a neighbourhood in Hebron city where the two gunmen had lived, with soldiers later destroying their homes -- a practice commonly carried out by the military as punishment for attacks.