674:(civilian and military), apparently without much external supervision. As of July 2023, "goods have also entered Gaza regularly from Egypt, via the Rafah crossing, controlled by the Egyptian authorities, and then through the adjacent Salah Ad Din Gate, controlled by the local authorities." Since 2018, the Salah Ad-Din Gate has seen a steady growth in traffic, so that in 2022/2023, over 50% of the construction materials, 25% of the food and c. 40% of non-food items entered the Strip through Salah Ad-Din Gate crossing. In 2023, c. 36% of the total imports to the Strip arrived through the Gate.
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670:, since February 2018 a secondary commercial border crossing 4 km northwest of Rafah Crossing, and named after Salah al-Din Road, the Strip's main north-south thoroughfare. Before 2018, the gate allowed two-way humanitarian access for Gaza and Sinai residents, but didn't serve commercial purposes. It was repurposed in 2018, when Hamas militants manned the Gaza side and taxed incoming cargo, which included goods with controversial
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flooding of the border with sea water, because it posed a serious threat to environment and ground water. In
November 2015, large areas of soil collapsed as a result of the flooding, threatening Gazan homes in Rafah near the Saladin Gate. Salty water flowed out from the ground, contaminating the soil and making it unusable for agriculture.
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1114:"Abbas believed the destruction of the tunnels was the best solution. The Palestinian president said he had recommended previously the sealing or destruction of the tunnels by flooding them and then punishing the owners of the homes that contained entrances to the tunnels, including demolishing their homes."
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Egyptian army began to pump water from the Mediterranean Sea into the tunnels. According to the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, flooding of the tunnels had been carried out in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. A number of Palestinian factions condemned the
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under the border had produced 1,800 millionaires, and were used for smuggling weapons, drugs, cash, and equipment for forging documents. Abbas had previously recommended the sealing or destruction of the tunnels, by flooding them, and then punishing the owners of the homes that contained entrances to
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along the border was dropped in 2005 after it became clear that it would likely be rejected by Israel's
Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, because it required the destruction of 3,000 more homes in Rafah. Instead, the IDF started the building of a 7–9 meters high (about 20–30 feet) concrete wall along
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Israeli soldiers who were operating in the buffer zone, the Israel government approved on 13 May a plan to further widen the buffer zone, which would require the demolition of hundreds of homes. The Israeli military recommended demolishing all homes within 300
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On 8 January 2015, Egypt's expansion resulted in the destruction of about 1,220 homes, while destroying more than 1,600 tunnels. Some of the tunnels discovered were over one kilometre long, and contained lighting, ventilation, and phone systems. The total cost of this phase of the buffer zone was
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Egyptian authorities ordered residents living along the country's eastern border to evacuate their homes prior to their demolishing. The buffer zone was to include water-filled trenches to thwart tunnel diggers. It was to be 500 meters wide and extended along the 13 km border. Following the
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issued an interim order, temporarily barring the IDF from demolishing homes in the refugee camp, if the action was not part of "a regular military operation". Nevertheless, the IDF continued the destruction of homes until 15 May 5:00 a.m. because of "immediate military necessity, a risk to
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Palestinian houses in Rafah to create the buffer zone. In 2002, hundreds of houses in Rafah were destroyed to widen the buffer zone and for the building of an eight meter high and 1.6 kilometres long metal wall along the border. The wall also extended two meters
581:, that any residents unwilling to move wilfully would be forcefully removed from their homes, many residents left the area. On 17 November 2014, Egypt announced that the buffer zone would be doubled to one kilometre, due to the longer-than-expected tunnels that had been discovered.
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On 18 May, the Israel government declared that the plan to widen a buffer zone along the
Egyptian border was cancelled, while the same day the army massively invaded Rafah and continued its large-scale destruction. On 19 May 2004, the United Nations Security Council
898:"The three-member High Court panel said that the IDF was entitled to carry out such demolitions along the Philadelphi route for security reasons, "according to operational needs" or if the military determined that soldiers' lives were in danger."
73:. Only passage of persons takes place through the Rafah Border Crossing; as such, the Egypt–Gaza border is only open to the passage of people, not of goods. All cargo traffic must go through Israel, usually through the Israeli-controlled
150:, which began in 2000, Israel widened the buffer zone to 200–300 meters and built a barrier wall mostly of corrugated sheet metal, with stretches of concrete topped with barbed wire. The construction of the buffer zone required the
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underground. The wall was built about 80–90 meters from the border, which doubled the width of the patrol corridor. After the metal wall was completed in early 2003, demolitions continued and even increased dramatically.
618:, 20 meters wide by 10 meters deep. It is located two kilometres from the border with Gaza outside of Rafah City and is part of the enlarged buffer zone. Expansion of the trench along with watchtowers was planned.
947:"Uprooting Palestinian Trees And Leveling Agricultural Land – The tenth Report on Israeli Land Sweeping and Demolition of Palestinian Buildings and Facilities in the Gaza Strip 1 April 2003 – 30 April 2004"
629:, between July 2013 and August 2015, Egyptian authorities demolished at least 3,255 residential, commercial, administrative, and community buildings along the border, forcibly evicting thousands of people.
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1305:"Egypt is building a new walled buffer zone more than 2 miles wide on Gaza border, satellite images show"
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880:, Box 3 — Destruction in Rafah: Shifting Justifications. HRW, October 2004
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which also puts more pressure on the Palestinian militant Hamas group."
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Sinai terrorists linked with ISIS decapitate 10 alleged Israeli spies
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761:"Gaza: The Basics. Some history and background on the Gaza Strip"
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Egypt begins Gaza border evacuation to create security buffer
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1272:"Egyptian army contaminates Palestinian soil on Gaza border"
1211:"Egypt builds trench along Gaza border to prevent smuggling"
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In June 2015, Egypt completed its digging of a ditch at the
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2013–2015 Egyptian demolition of homes and smuggling tunnels
1159:"Egypt begins doubling Sinai buffer zone along Gaza border"
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New Gaza Crossing Raises Questions About Blockade Policies
1281:. Motasem A Dalloul, Middle East Monitor, 20 November 2015
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First phase of Egypt-Gaza buffer zone to cost $ 70 million
1079:"Egypt clears Gaza border area to create security buffer"
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Palestinian factions condemn Egypt flooding Gaza borders
799:"Razing Rafah — Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip"
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Abbas: Egypt Right to Create Buffer Zone on Gaza Border
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Movement in and out of Gaza: update covering July 2023
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Sisi says Gaza tunnels flooded in coordination with PA
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at the main entrance to Rafah's central thoroughfare.
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of the paper is also available through Google Books.
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1038:"Egypt to double Gaza buffer, demolish 1,220 homes"
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1420:(OCHA), 15 August 2023. Accessed 17 December 2023.
1112:. Jack Khoury, Haaretz, 1 December 2014 (premium).
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927:"Demolitions in Gaza to end: Israel tells US"
878:Map 5 : IDF Operations in Rafah May 2004
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1402:, 23 October 2019. Accessed 7 December 2023.
1148:. Associated Press, Fox News, 8 January 2015
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1067:"Egypt to clear residents from Gaza border"
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973:. Ynet, 14 May 2005
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