Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Israel's Barak: 43 km Fence To Be Built On Egpytian Border


Israel's Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, while touring the Egyptian border, stated that a 43 km fence will be built and that it would take about 2 years to complete. I gotta believe that fence won't be cut apart by Hamas torches.
Here's what Barak said:


“a seventy kilometer long (43 miles) fence will be constructed along the border with Egypt, stretching from Beerotayim to Nitzana, and then all the way to the Rafah border crossing.”


Barak is smart enough to know that there will be more challenges along every border as time goes by. Hamas has been emboldened by their incursions from Gaza into Egypt and al Qaeda in Gaza is adept at finding any hole in any border. Barak doesn't say it but look for the Israelis to plant this fence very deep as more and more reports of tunneling activity are being found each and every day.

Here's the full story from YNET.


Barak: 43 mile fence to be erected along section of Egyptian border

The defense minister said that “Israel has made considerable strides in the war on terror in the past weeks. There are still, however, numerous attempts to smuggle arms and explosives along the Egyptian border, and the Israeli Defense Forces continue to work hard to thwart such attempts.” (Efrat Weiss)

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