Human Rights Watch reports that Egypt has harmed thousands of civilians as part of its fight against Islamists near Gaza. It also warns that the campaign could cause many more to oppose the government.
Egypt has forced 3,200 families out of their homes over the past two years, destroyed vast amounts of farmland, and flooded the region with seawater in an effort to destroy smuggling and attack tunnels.
"The Egyptian authorities provided residents with little or no warning of the evictions, no temporary housing, mostly inadequate compensation for their destroyed homes — none at all for their farmland," the report noted.