Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005

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The Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005 was a unilateral withdrawal in which Israel evacuated all its settlements and military presence from the Gaza Strip, ending its permanent on-the-ground occupation there.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli unilateral disengagement plan
military withdrawal
political event
alsoKnownAs Gaza disengagement
Hitnatkut
announcedBy Ariel Sharon
appliesToJurisdiction Gaza Strip
northern West Bank
approvedBy Knesset
carriedOutBy Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Police
characterizedAs end of permanent Israeli military presence inside Gaza Strip settlements
unilateral withdrawal
country Israel
describedIn Israeli Disengagement Plan of 2004
endTime 2005-09-12
followedBy Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007
tightening of Israeli–Egyptian blockade of Gaza
hasPart evacuation of Israeli settlements in Gaza Strip
evacuation of four settlements in northern West Bank
withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces from Gaza Strip
implementedBy Government of Israel
legalStatusDebatedAs continuation of occupation due to external control
end of belligerent occupation of Gaza Strip
legalStatusDebatedBy international lawyers
legislativeBody Knesset
location Gaza Strip
maintainedControlOver Gaza Strip airspace
Gaza Strip territorial waters
most border crossings of Gaza Strip
numberOfIsraeliSettlementsEvacuatedInGaza 21
numberOfIsraeliSettlementsEvacuatedInNorthernWestBank 4
numberOfIsraeliSettlersEvacuated approximately 8000
opposedBy many Israeli settlers
right-wing Israeli political parties
partOf Israeli–Palestinian conflict
pointInTime 2005
precededBy Second Intifada
proposedBy Ariel Sharon
reason demographic considerations
desire to reduce friction between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza
security considerations
result demolition of evacuated settlement structures in Gaza
dismantling of Gush Katif settlement bloc
evacuation of all Israeli settlements from Gaza Strip
withdrawal of permanent Israeli ground forces from Gaza Strip
startTime 2005-08-15
supportedBy United States government
some Israeli peace groups

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005 ("Gaza disengagement")
alsoKnownAs
Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005 ("Israeli Disengagement Plan of 2004")
describedIn
Gaza Strip
historicalEvent
Gaza Strip ("Israel (1967–2005)")
occupiedBy

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