IDF closes roads near Gaza border amid ongoing Hamas assault
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Smoke rises after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hits southern Israel, October 7, 2023 (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
The Israel Defense Forces shutters roads near the border with the Gaza Strip amid Hamas’s surprise attack.
The closures include Route 4 from the Zikim junction to Netiv Ha’asara; Route 34 from the Yad Mordechai junction to Nir Am; and Route 232 from Mefalsim to Sa’ad and Nir Yitzhak to Kerem Shalom.
All routes used by farmers in the area as also closed off by the army.
The Zikim beach on the Gaza border is also closed off, and trains will not run between Ashkelon and Sderot, the IDF says.
