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Tue 05 May 2004Israeli tanks leave Gaza but fog of war remainsTHE MIDDLE EAST: Conflicting accounts abound of what happened and why, writes Nuala Haughey in JerusalemAs Israel's largest military operation for years in the Gaza Strip appeared to be winding down yesterday with the full withdrawal from the Rafah refugee camp last night, Palestinians came out of hiding to bury their dead while Israeli commentators began asking what it was all about.