The wall will create a buffer zone between the Egyptian border and Palestinian Authority-controlled areas in southern Gaza, in which the IDF can act freely. IDF officers are confident that the zone will solve many of their problems in the beleaguered zone, which has often been the most volatile in all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza during the Oslo War.
"This area will be clearly marked off," a Southern Command region officer told Ynet, "and in it we will be able to take action against arms-smuggling tunnels with various means, and without fear of being attacked by terrorists. We are integrating various smart systems, including sensors of different types, methods of digging underground, inserting explosives underground, and the like. We can bring our engineering corps here to deal with tunnels, and all our anti-tunnel work will take place here, without having to send forces to Rafiah and endanger them."
More than two kilometers of the length of the 8-kilometer wall have been completed, and a drop in arms smuggling attempts has already been noted.
In the meanwhile, however, four Kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired at Gush Katif over the past night. An RPG mortar shell landed aside an army base near N'vei Dekalim, causing no casualties or damage. Two Kassam exploded near another army base, while a third rocket blew up in a houseplant greenhouse in Ganei Tal. It caused damage to equipment and plants bound for export before the Pesach holiday.
"No trace of a mention in the media, no trace of a reaction by the IDF," sums up Katif.net.
"This area will be clearly marked off," a Southern Command region officer told Ynet, "and in it we will be able to take action against arms-smuggling tunnels with various means, and without fear of being attacked by terrorists. We are integrating various smart systems, including sensors of different types, methods of digging underground, inserting explosives underground, and the like. We can bring our engineering corps here to deal with tunnels, and all our anti-tunnel work will take place here, without having to send forces to Rafiah and endanger them."
More than two kilometers of the length of the 8-kilometer wall have been completed, and a drop in arms smuggling attempts has already been noted.
In the meanwhile, however, four Kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired at Gush Katif over the past night. An RPG mortar shell landed aside an army base near N'vei Dekalim, causing no casualties or damage. Two Kassam exploded near another army base, while a third rocket blew up in a houseplant greenhouse in Ganei Tal. It caused damage to equipment and plants bound for export before the Pesach holiday.
"No trace of a mention in the media, no trace of a reaction by the IDF," sums up Katif.net.