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Egypt is building a wall on the border with the Gaza Strip to contain the Palestinians: WSJ

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Egypt build a great concrete wall on the border with Gaza Strip contain possible avalanche of Palestinians to escape Israeli bombing, the newspaper reported Friday. Wall Street Magazine.

Egypt is building a wall on the border with the Gaza Strip to contain the Palestinians: WSJ

Egypt build a great concrete wall on the border with Gaza Strip contain possible avalanche of Palestinians to escape Israeli bombing, the newspaper reported Friday. Wall Street Magazine.

Egyptian authorities surround large area Sinai desert covering an area of ​​more than 20 square kilometers with large concrete walls near the border with the Gaza Strip, the newspaper reported, citing sources Egyptian officials and security analysts.

The newspaper reports that this is a huge “new complex” intended for strengthen the country’s security in the event that “a large number of Gazans manage to infiltrate”, if an Israeli offensive is unleashed in the south of the Gaza Strip, in a border town Rafah.

Image of the border fence between Egypt and the Gaza Strip as a precaution against a possible exodus of refugees | Photo: Reuters

The newspaper recalls that Egypt in recent months has already tried to strengthen security along the border in order to prevent Palestinians by deploying soldiers And armored vehicles and strengthening fences.

The newspaper publishes satellite photographs taken by the company Planet Labs PBC shows excavation work in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, near the Gaza Strip, within an area designated as walled off for possible deployment Refugee camp Palestinians.

They could have stayed on this field more than 100 thousand peopleEgyptian officials reported this to the newspaper.

It is surrounded by concrete walls and is located far from Egyptian settlements, and, according to these sources, a large number tentsstill disassembled.

Satellite image of mobilization for work on the Egypt-Gaza border | Photo: Reuters

The construction of this wall is taking place while Israel continues its military offensive along the Gaza Strip, and fears are growing that the country will launch an attack on Rafah.

The war between Israel and Hamas began after the Islamic group carried out a terrorist attack last year. October 7th which caused some 1200 dead in Israel and kidnapped more than 200 citizens.

The Israeli army launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has so far resulted in death of more than 28 thousand Palestinians.

Thousands of Palestinians living in Gaza moved to Rafah to protect themselves from Israeli attacks that began in the north of the territory but spread throughout the strip.

Palestinians stand around damaged buildings after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip | Photo: Reuters

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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