United Nations Press Release August 8, 2005
ISRAEL’S DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA, NORTHERN WEST BANK ‘WATERSHED’, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
24/8/2005
Security CouncilSC/8479
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
Security Council
5250th Meeting (AM)
ISRAEL ’S DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA, NORTHERN WEST BANK ‘WATERSHED’,
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
Ibrahim Gambari, Briefing Council, Says Operation
Proceeded Smoothly, with Surprising Speed, Aided by Palestinian Restraint
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With the implementation of the plan, IDF installations and forces were removed and over 9000 Israeli citizens living in 25 settlements were evicted. By 22 September 2005, Israel’s withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip to the 1967 Green Line, and the eviction of the four settlements in Samaria, was completed.
Unfortunately, it appeased no one, and Hamas rockets began to rain down on Israel