Israel government through her minister of finance has approved the budget of US Dollar 870 to finance the project of constructing a wall along the boarder with Gaza strip., the News reported on Monday.
The Israel army official who did not want to expose his name, said that the project (wall) will be an effective defense against the tunnels.
Like the “smart” fence on the Egyptian border, explained the News explained, this one will have concrete walls deep underground and equipment to detect tunnels. The wall will have both offensive and defensive capabilities.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli siege since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Israel has also waged three wars on Gaza since 2008, including the 2014 offensive, which left more than 2,200 Palestinians dead and over 11,100 others injured.
The latest aggression against the Palestinian territory started in early July 2014 and ended after 50 days on August 26 that year, with a truce that took effect after indirect negotiations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
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