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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel plans to have its troops out of Gaza as soon as possible after the weekend cease-fire that ended three weeks of fighting in the Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said Monday.

Israeli tanks prepare to leave Gaza on Monday.



An Israeli Foreign Ministry official said that the pullout, which already had begun Sunday, could be finished by Tuesday evening.



The official, who declined to be named, said that the withdrawal could be…