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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Gaza barrier

Gazans celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the broken Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)
October 19, 2023, 3:59 pm
Gaza fence was not designed to prevent mass assault on its own, builder said in 2018
Ex-head of Magal Security Systems, which erected barrier, specified that it required accompanying military presence, its aim being ‘to give real-time indication’ of attempted breach
By Shira Silkoff
Ariel and Ellay Golan with their daughter Yael. The family was severely burned when Hamas terrorists set fire to their home in Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. The use of NexoBrid on their burns improved and hastened their recovery. (Courtesy of Evyatar Hogeg)
October 18, 2023, 8:04 pm
Young couple and baby burned by terrorists in Kfar Aza home fight for their lives
As staff at Sheba Medical Center work to save the young family, wife’s brother tells of harrowing hours when he and other relatives lost contact with them
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israeli soldiers near the site of where a civilian was injured by gunfire from the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, December 29, 2021 (Flash90)
December 30, 2021, 10:50 am
In sign no Gaza escalation expected after shooting, IDF lets farmers work by border
Military had earlier said agricultural workers needed to stay clear after Israeli was shot by sniper from enclave, with 3 Palestinians said wounded in retaliatory strikes
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier stands guard during a ceremony opening the newly completed barrier above and below the Israel-Gaza border, December 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 29, 2021, 1:48 pm
Israeli civilian injured by gunfire from Gaza; IDF shells Hamas posts in response
Military says man was working on maintenance of recently completed border barrier; 3 Palestinians said wounded in retaliatory strike
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier stands guard during a ceremony opening the newly completed barrier above and below the Israel-Gaza border, December 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
December 7, 2021, 4:45 pm
‘A wall of iron, sensors and concrete’: IDF completes tunnel-busting Gaza barrier
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi says new 40-mile above- and below-ground fence is changing the reality along the restive border, where subterranean attacks have dogged the military for years
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a riot on the Gaza border, east of Gaza City, on August 21, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 25, 2021, 12:36 pm
Gazan dies of wounds from Saturday border clashes; Hamas says he was a member
Health officials identify deceased as Osama Adaeej, 32; terror group says he is an operative in its armed wing
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinians pray by the bodies of members of the Ezz-Al Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas, who died in Israeli bombardment of a tunnel, during their funeral in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 21, 2021. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
May 21, 2021, 10:36 pm
IDF said to have foiled major Hamas attack in hours before ceasefire
TV says IDF identified and killed several terrorists attempting to infiltrate through tunnel and kill soldiers; Israel also said to have delayed truce to carry out major operation
By ToI Staff
A tunnel that Israel believes was dug by the Hamas terror group from Gaza into southern Israel, which was uncovered on October 22, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 19, 2020, 6:34 pm
Latest tunnel was Hamas’s deepest; it’s not what worries Israel most about Gaza
The IDF regards the Strip as calm for now, but a perpetual potential powder keg, and Southern Command deems most rounds of fighting in past 2.5 years to have been failures
By Judah Ari Gross
This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces on October 20, 2020, shows military engineering equipment along the border with the southern Gaza Strip, after a tunnel entering Israeli territory was found in the area. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 21, 2020, 2:31 pm
Army chief: Uncovered Gaza attack tunnel was ‘major asset’ to the enemy
Kohavi visits military-run COVID-19 wards in Haifa hospital, says IDF contact tracing unit fully operational but requires cooperation of the public
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli airstrike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early on August 3, 2020. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
August 10, 2020, 12:15 am
After Gaza incendiary balloon attacks, Israel strikes Hamas observation post
Tensions rise on southern border after shots fired from Gaza at IDF troops and workers building border barrier Sunday morning; no injuries reported
By Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross
Heavy machinery works on a massive underground barrier that is expected to stretch along the entire 60-kilometer (40-mile) border when it is complete, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, September 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
August 9, 2020, 12:43 pm
Shots fired at workers building Gaza barrier, IDF troops; no injuries reported
Construction halted on the border, farmers barred from working fields next to the security fence, as tensions heat up along the frontier
By Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman
Newly constructed earthworks and sniper posts on the Gaza border in footage broadcast by Channel 13 on October 9, 2019. (Screenshot)
October 10, 2019, 12:24 am
IDF nears completion of new Gaza border fortifications
Army builds improved sniper posts, earthworks and walls to protect against gunfire, anti-tank missiles and other terror threats from Hamas-run Strip
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian rioter uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli forces near the fence along the border with Israel in the eastern Gaza Strip on August 16, 2019. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 16, 2019, 6:50 pm
Thousands of Palestinians protest on Gaza border
Several hundred rioters throw stones and explosive devices at IDF soldiers, who respond with tear gas and occasional live fire; 16 reported wounded
By ToI Staff
Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas prevent demonstrators from getting closer to the border during a protest along the border with Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 2, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 10:48 am
Israel and Hamas both said taking steps to secure Gaza border after breaches
Defense Ministry reportedly mulling wall inside Israeli territory to thwart terrorists who sneak across; Strip’s rulers said to deploy extra troops to stymie infiltrations
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
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