This just breaking, from AFP:
Israeli army completes Gaza pullout: official
8 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli troops have completed their withdrawal from the Gaza Strip after a 22-day offensive against the Islamist Hamas movement, an army spokesman told AFP on Wednesday.
"The last soldier left the Gaza Strip this morning," the spokesman said. "However the army remains deployed all around the Gaza Strip to meet any eventuality."
Updates as they come
UPDATED - MSNBC's coverage (from the AP). 1,300 dead - incredible.
Hamas proclaims victory
On Tuesday, Hamas proclaimed victory in rallies attended by thousands of supporters, saying it survived Israel's military onslaught despite the destruction and massive death toll suffered by Gazans.
Beyond its fiery words, however, Hamas offered no plans for rebuilding Gaza, which suffered some $2 billion in damage during three weeks of fighting. Gaza's borders with Israel and Egypt, largely sealed since the Islamic militants seized power 19 months ago, remain closed and are unlikely to open unless the militants relinquish some control.
Israel also claimed victory, but neither side was the clear winner.
UPDATED: Houston Chronicle - Defiant Hamas Reasserts Control
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas officials emerged from weeks in hiding Tuesday for a defiant "victory celebration" with their supporters outside the gutted parliament building, the latest sign that Israel’s three-week assault neither broke the militant Islamist group nor weakened its control of the Gaza Strip.
Entire neighborhoods and practically all government buildings are in ruin, but Hamas police officers were on the streets, assuring Palestinians that they’d rebuild the coastal territory, home to 1.5 million. Hamas operatives were also passing out cash payments to some of the thousands of families who lost their homes.
"We are here," said Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman. "Hamas political and military leaders are with the civilians. We are with the people. This is the victory of Hamas against the occupation."