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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Concrete wall put up along road where Israeli man was killed in missile attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Israel Defense Forces erects a concrete barrier around a section of road just north of the Gaza Strip where earlier this week a man was killed when a Kornet anti-tank guided missile fired from the enclave struck his car.
The military says it also plans to construct a wall along the surrounding roadways that will be two meters (6.56 feet) high and 600 meters (2,00 feet) long to provide protection from such attacks in the currently exposed area.
The initial portions of the concrete barrier are approximately three meters (10 feet) tall and covered only the area where this week’s attack occurred.
On Sunday, the Hamas terror group said its fighters fired the missile at the Route 34 highway near the community of Kibbutz Erez. The Kornet slammed into Moshe Feder’s car. The 68-year-old grandfather sustained a serious shrapnel wound to the leg, causing significant blood loss, and was pronounced dead at Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center after CPR efforts failed.
— Judah Ari Gross
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