Original sentence: " The enclave was handed over to Israel as part of the Israeli-Egyptian armistice agreement, but few civilians left when the Egyptian brigade withdrew on 26th Feb 1949.San Fransisco Chronicle.The safety and property of the 3,140 Arab civilians (over 2000 locals, plus refugees from other villages) in the area were to be protected under an exchange of letters that were filed with the United Nations and became an annex to the main Israel/Egypt armistice agreement of February 1949
Edited sentence: Later, al-Faluja served as a cautionary example for populations in other areas of Palestine (particularily in the Galilee) where Israeli authorities hoped to achieve the same result during 1949, though with less success.Qiryat Gat is unique in Israel because it is on the site of Palestinian villages that were not to be ethnically cleansed (as happened to some 400 other villages at this time).See San Fransisco Chronicle - though the operation of the Intel chip plant seems to be unaffected.The enclave was handed over to Israel as part of the Israeli-Egyptian armistice agreement, but few civilians left when the Egyptian brigade withdrew on 26th Feb 1949.The safety and property of the 3,140 Arab civilians (over 2000 locals, plus refugees from other villages) in the area were to be protected.This guarantee is contained in an exchange of letters that were filed with the United Nations and became an annex to the main Israel/Egypt armistice agreement of February 1949