Israel withdraws, rotates some troops from Gaza – army

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The sun rises while birds fly over Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza ambush had in fact been killed in battle that day. AP

JERUSALEM – Israel has begun withdrawing some ground troops from the Gaza Strip and redeploying others but the mission was ongoing, an army spokesman told AFP on Sunday.

“We are removing some (forces), we are changing from within,” Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said, describing it as “an ongoing mission.”

“We are redeploying within the Gaza Strip and taking out other different positions, and relieving other forces from within,” he said.