MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Andrei...
smugglers became noticeably more active after Israel blockaded the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave. The underground 10-km (6-mile) wall will run along Egypt"s border with Gaza.The BBC has reported that the wall, which was designed by U.S. military engineers, will reach about 18 meters into the ground in order to block as many as 1,000 tunnels that now allow goods and people to flow from Egypt into the Gaza Strip. Egyptian sources said the wall will go 20 to 30 meters into the ground.
It is also expected to prevent the digging of new tunnels. But pessimists say smugglers will then only go deeper, digging their tunnels at depths of 50 meters.
Since both Egypt and Israel suffer human and material losses from terrorist attacks, Egypt"s response to Israel"s decision to build a barrier, has been mild. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry described it as an internal matter for Israel. For the past three years, Egyptian mediators have been trying to reconcile the
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