From building a wall to military occupation; Israel’s plan to separate Gaza from Egypt

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, 84 days have passed since the war in Gaza, the longest battle that Israel has entered so far, and according to them, it may continue for months; In the meantime, Israeli sources talk about two plans of this regime to close the only communication route between Gaza and the outside world, namely the Egyptian border; Concrete barriers under the ground and military occupation of the “Philadelphia” line, an action that Israel intends to carry out with the support of the United States, and will also involve Egypt’s foot in the Gaza story even more.

An underground wall

According to Israeli news sources, War Minister Yoav Galant In a recent meeting with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, who had traveled to the occupied territories, this regime proposed the construction of a smart concrete wall under the ground between Gaza and Egypt, to be built with the financial assistance of the United States.

Yediot Aharonot newspaper wrote in this regard that this 13-kilometer wall will be equipped with advanced sensor and camera technologies and other tools to prevent the digging of tunnels between Gaza and Egypt and daily information about traffic around the wall And possible tunnel digging operations will be given to the Israeli and Egyptian sides. Of course, during the past years, Cairo has started to build a barrier wall between Gaza and Egypt, this wall is six meters above the ground and six meters below the ground, and recently it has started the installation of an additional concrete wall.

_{The operation of installing prefabricated concrete walls on the border of Gaza by the Egyptian government slow down and at the same time seek the opinion of the Egyptian government. In response to the questions of the members of this committee about the process of military operations in the framework of the war against the Gaza Strip, including the security threats that this regime is facing on other fronts, Tel Aviv claimed that it is conducting consultations with Cairo to investigate the possibility of creating an advanced border wall and It has the technological equipment to separate the Gaza Strip from Egypt in order to combat arms smuggling. A joint operation room between Israel and Egypt should be formed to decide how to react based on the information received from the movements of the Gaza border.}

It used the possible means to achieve its goal in Gaza and dropped tens of thousands of tons of bombs and rockets on the residents, and it has been 63 days since its ground forces entered this area, but the Israeli military authorities claim that without cutting off the only way for the people of Gaza to breathe. It means that the Egyptian border does not have the possibility to overcome Hamas. Meanwhile, the Israeli and American regimes are trying to bring this country along with their plans by intimidating Egypt regarding ground operations in Rafah. do Cairo has repeatedly warned about the ground operation of the Israeli army in Rafah and said that this operation will drive the flood of Palestinian refugees to the Sinai desert. In the meantime, Tel Aviv says that if Cairo does not want a ground operation in Rafah, it should cooperate as much as possible to cut off the route from Gaza to Egypt. The 7th of October demonstrated well that it can pass through Israel’s multi-billion dollar smart wall equipped with sensors and watchtowers. As Amir Bohbout, a military affairs analyst at the Israeli Walla website, wrote at the time, quoting Israeli security sources, that “the mentality of the Israeli army” was that the wall built on the borders of the Gaza Strip “will significantly prevent the entry of any force that tries to land or underground reach the settlements; This mentality collapsed”.

The subsequent Israeli investigations after October 7 showed that Hamas forces had managed to penetrate the border wall from 60 points, while the Israeli security system was asleep.

Operations on the Philadelphia Line

The Philadelphia Line is a buffer zone It is 14 km long and was created after the Camp David Agreement in 1978 between Egypt and Israel to act as a barrier between Gaza and the Sinai desert. In 2005, the control of this area was handed over to Hamas, and it was decided that Egypt would deploy 750 border police forces there. Now Israeli and Arab sources say that Israel intends to occupy and take control of the Philadelphia line.

However, Israeli War Minister Yoav Galant said at the Knesset Security and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting: “The army does not intend to Rafah or the Philadelphia axis is under control, we will carry out operations in this city and use various facilities to prevent smuggling operations”.

Egyptian official sources also requested Israel has denied this country to withdraw its forces from the border area of ​​Rafah.

However, Benjamin Netanyahu on December 23 at the Knesset security and foreign affairs committee meeting, which was held behind closed doors. , had said that the war cabinet intends to control the Philadelphia axis.

However, in case of any military movement on the Gaza border with Egypt by Israel, Cairo’s feet will be even more wary. will be drawn; The Egyptian government never wants a severe and complete blockade of Gaza and has always sought to keep a breathing channel for the residents of this strip to avoid its security consequences.

On the other hand, the possibility Cutting the vital artery between Gaza and the Sinai desert is a very difficult task due to the population and tribal structure of Sinai, which have strong anti-Israeli tendencies, and due to the alignment of the Egyptian army with the people of Gaza. In June last month, Salah Muhammad Ibrahim, a 23-year-old Egyptian soldier, shot at Israeli soldiers and killed three of them at the border point to show that the Egyptian army is still not happy with the Israeli occupation.

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