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Monday, October 20, 2025
IDF: Yellow concrete blocks to be placed every 200 meters to mark Yellow Line boundary in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF provides additional details on the physical markers demarcating the Yellow Line — to which the military withdrew under the terms of the current ceasefire — in the Gaza Strip.
The concrete blocks painted yellow, topped with a yellow metal sign, are 3.5 meters (nearly 11.5 feet) tall, and are being placed at distances of some 200 meters (more than a tenth of a mile) from each other along the Yellow Line, the military says.
The IDF began marking the line yesterday, and the military says the effort will continue “in the coming period.”
The Yellow Line, as drawn out by mediators, encompasses over half of the Strip’s territory, or 53 percent — most of which is outside of urban areas.
IDF troops set up a physical marker on the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip, October 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
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