The Defense Ministry is offering the Egyptian government help to build a high-technology barrier at Rafiah to help stop smuggling, but Cairo has resisted Israeli involvement. The border barrier along the Philadelphi smuggling route can be penetrated because of several gaps that Egypt has not repaired.

Egypt has agreed to discuss the Israeli suggestion following pressure by the United States, which has supplied advanced technology to locate smuggling tunnels. Defense Minister Ehud Barak told ministry political-security director Amos Gilad to proposed help for building a high concrete wall and an electronic fence in addition to using smuggling tunnel detection equipment.

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