TIMES OF ISRAEL
IDF official: Gaza underground wall should be done in months
by AP and Staff
September 25, 2016
A senior Israeli military official said Sunday that a massive underground barrier being built along the Gaza Strip border to defend against Hamas tunnels should be completed in a matter of months, assuming its funding comes through. The Southern Command official said that the structure will include a wall deep below the ground as well as a fence above ground. Some parts of the roughly 60-kilometer (40-mile) border will also be flooded…In response to reports on the expansive border wall, a senior Hamas official, and several leaders of other Palestinian terror groups in Gaza, vowed to strike Israel should an underground barrier be built along the border. READ MORE