19,000 Israeli police to oversee Gaza pullout

The Israeli police plans to assign 18,000 officers, or nearly all of its field force, to the planned pullout from the Gaza Strip this summer.

Some 2,500 unarmed officers will be asked to evacuate Jewish settlers from Gaza, an additional 4,000 will be posted at the passages into Gaza and the remainder will deal with demonstrations across the country, said police spokesman Gil Kleiman.