The army is widening a gravel road. This divides the isolated coastal strip south of Gaza City, from the Israeli border to the Mediterranean coast, along an east-west corridor.
According to a media report, the Israeli army is expanding a road through the Gaza Strip to maintain security control over the Palestinian coastal area indefinitely. The American newspaper “Wall Street Journal” reported this on Tuesday, citing unnamed defense officials.
The gravel road bisects the isolated coastal strip south of Gaza City from the Israeli border to the Mediterranean coast, along an east-west corridor that has been occupied by Israeli troops since the start of the war against Islamist Hamas. a good four months before. The road expansion is part of Israel's efforts to reshape the topography of the Gaza Strip, the report states.
This will allow the military to continue moving quickly through the coastal zone in a safe route, even after most troops have withdrawn. Israel already controls the main north-south roads in Gaza.
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The road expansion shows how the Israeli army is preparing for the next phase of the war, in which it plans to withdraw from populated areas and focus on targeted attacks against Hamas, he said. The east-west route must be used and patrolled until Israel's military operations are concluded. This could take months or even years, he said, citing Israeli officials.
Israel says it has no plans to permanently occupy the Gaza Strip. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel wants to maintain “full security control” of the territory after the war.
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The Gaza war was triggered by the massacre perpetrated by terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups on October 7 in Israel, near the border with Gaza. On the Israeli side, more than 1,200 people were killed and another 250 were taken hostage.
Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground offensive. Due to the many civilian casualties and massive destruction in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been the target of strong international criticism. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, 29,195 Palestinians have been killed and 69,170 others have been injured in the war so far. The information, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, is difficult to independently verify. (APA/dpa)