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Monday, December 8, 2025
Construction work begins on first two sections of upgraded security barrier along Jordan border
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Construction work has officially begun on the first two sections of an upgraded security barrier along the border with Jordan, the Defense Ministry announces.
The sections, some 80 kilometers total in length, are located in the northern portion of the border with Jordan.
Alongside the construction work, the ministry says it will continue work with the IDF in planning the next sections, “formulating the defensive concept for the border and the means required for it.”
In all, the project to upgrade Israel’s fence along the entire 425 kilometers (264 miles) of the border with Jordan — from the Samar Sands north of Eilat, through the West Bank, to the southern Golan Heights — will cost an estimated NIS 5.5 billion ($1.7 billion), the ministry says.
The Times of Israel Community.