GAZA, July 14 (Reuters) - The Israeli army pulled out on Friday from the central Gaza Strip, which it entered as part of an offensive launched last month to free an abducted soldier, the army said.

"IDF forces (Israeli Defence Forces) have currently completed their activities in the area," the army said in a statement.

The army said its forces overnight targeted a Hamas office in the northern Gaza Strip and a bridge. Israeli troops fired a tank shell at a vehicle, killing one Palestinian and wounding another.

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