Israel withdrew the last of its troops from the Gaza Strip before dawn on Wednesday, the military said, as the government pursued diplomatic efforts to stanch the flow of arms into the Hamas-ruled territory.
The timing of the pullout reflected Israeli hopes to defuse the crisis in Gaza before President Barack Obama entered the White House. The military said troops remain massed on the Israeli side of the border, prepared to take action in the event of renewed militant fire. And Israeli navy ships shot rounds of machine-gun fire at the beaches of northern Gaza.
The military had no immediate comment on the gunboat fire.
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