Israel to build new security fence on Gaza border

The Israel army is to build a new 65 kilometre-long security fence along the border of the Gaza Strip to prevent the infiltration of Palestinians from the coastal enclave, Israeli Radio said on Wednesday.

According to Anadolu, the fence is intended specifically to protect settlements built close to Gaza. Israel already has a heavily-militarised border through which the Israeli army can and does send tanks and troops across into the occupied Palestinian territory on an almost daily basis.

It is claimed that approval for the new barrier was given after “repeated breaches of the current fence by Palestinians from Gaza.”