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epa04990684 YEARENDER 2015 FEATURE PACKAGES.(02/29) (FILE) A file picture dated 18 August 2005 of Israeli soldiers and police forcibly evacuating a Jewish settler and her infant from their home in the Shirat Hayam beach area of the Gush Katif settlement block in the Gaza Strip, during the 'disengagement' of all Jewish settlers form the Gaza Strip. The year 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza, which included the dismantling of 25 Israeli settlements (21 in Gaza, 4 in the West Bank), the evacuation of all Jewish settlers and the withdrawal of all of Israel's military troops and equipment from the entire Gaza Strip. The disengagement plan put forward by Israel's then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a long-time supporter of settlements, was implemented in August 2005. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER PLEASE REFER TO THIS ADVISORY NOTICE (epa04872491) FOR FULL PACKAGE *** Local Caption *** 52103222