The Defense Ministry releases images showing the progress made on the underwater barrier under construction along the Gaza Strip border designed to prevent maritime infiltrations by terror groups in the coastal enclave.
In a statement, the Defense Ministry says that at its completion, the maritime barrier will be 200 meters long and 50 meters wide with a 6-meter-high fence along the top.
The barrier was approved after an attempted infiltration by Hamas operatives during the 2014 Gaza war. The assailants managed to swim onto Israeli shores north of the Strip before they were targeted by an airstrike.
In the statement Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman praises the “impressively fast” pace of construction, and says that “Israel’s counterterrorism capabilities around Gaza are increasing every day.”
The barrier is expected to be completed this year, but in its statement today, the Defense Ministry not say whether the project would be completed on schedule.
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