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Monday, June 22, 2015
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Egypt reportedly completes Rafah border ditch
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Egyptian security sources say that military engineering units of the Egyptian army completed the digging of a deep ditch along the border between the southern Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, near the city of Rafah, Israel Radio reports.
The ditch is intended to prevent smuggling of both people and goods across the border. According to the report, the ditch is 20 meters wide and 10 meters deep, and Egyptian border police officers were deployed along its length.
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