In preparation for an Israeli onslaught aimed at the border town of Rafah, Egypt is leveling soil and erecting a wall along its border with the Gaza Strip.
Egypt has started erecting a wall and leveling land along its border with the Gaza Strip amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip. This is in preparation for an Israeli attack that is expected to target the border town of Rafah.
This remarkable initiative is attested to by a video from the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights and satellite photographs analyzed by the Associated Press. The photos show the construction of obstacles and a concrete wall along the Sheikh Zuweid-Rafah road, which is located about 3.5 kilometers west of the Gaza border.
The progress of the construction work is demonstrated in a video published by the London-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, which shows a crane erecting concrete walls along this route.
The Foundation states that the project’s goal is to establish a highly secure location close to the Gaza Strip border in order to get ready for the potential of a large-scale Palestinian population exodus in the event that the conflict escalates even further.
These most recent events occur while Israel carries on a protracted offensive against Hamas, a militant organization that has been operating in the Gaza Strip for a number of months.
Egypt has not formally acknowledged this work, but the project raises concerns about the ramifications it may have for the area. In fact, Cairo appears to be getting ready for a potential humanitarian crisis in the event that the battle between Israel and Gaza escalates, based on the preparations being made on the Egyptian side of the border.
The Egyptian government has not responded to demands for comment on these matters, raising questions about the aims and motivations underlying this contentious activity.
