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NEW DELHI: The Israeli military is building a road splitting Gaza in two parts as a part of a security plan to control the territory for months and possibly years to come.
According to a report by CNN, a satellite image from March 6 reveals that the east-west road, which has been under construction for weeks has reached the Mediterranean coast. The road now stretches from the Gaza-Israeli border area across the entire roughly 6.5-kilometer-wide (about 4-mile-wide) strip, dividing northern Gaza, including Gaza City, from the south of the enclave.
The IDF said the the road existed before the war and was being “renovated,” due to armored vehicles “damaging it.” IDF further said that they were using the route to “establish an operational foothold in the area” and allow “the passage of forces as well as logistical equipment.”
According to the report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the plan to his security cabinet for a post-Hamas future of Gaza including the “complete demilitarization” of the enclave, and the overhaul of its security, civil administration and education systems.
Meanwhile, Gaza civilians are living under constant fear of Israel’s post war plan. According to them, the security plans will further restrict their freedom of movement just like the days of Israeli occupation prior to 2005, when checkpoints were placed between neighbouring villages and exclusive bypass roads were built to link Israeli settlements to each other and to Israel.
Israeli troops bulldozed a path for its armored vehicles soon after the declaration of war against Hamas on October 7, following the militant group’s attack on Israel. In early October, Israel also ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern Gaza to south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands bisecting the enclave.
The Israeli military began bulldozing a path for its armored vehicles soon after declaring war against Hamas on October 7, following the militant group’s attack on Israel. Satellite imagery from November shows the tracks emerging, at a time when the military’s focus turned to surrounding Gaza City, advancing from the east. In early October, Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern Gaza to south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands bisecting the enclave.
According to a report by CNN, a satellite image from March 6 reveals that the east-west road, which has been under construction for weeks has reached the Mediterranean coast. The road now stretches from the Gaza-Israeli border area across the entire roughly 6.5-kilometer-wide (about 4-mile-wide) strip, dividing northern Gaza, including Gaza City, from the south of the enclave.
The IDF said the the road existed before the war and was being “renovated,” due to armored vehicles “damaging it.” IDF further said that they were using the route to “establish an operational foothold in the area” and allow “the passage of forces as well as logistical equipment.”
According to the report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled the plan to his security cabinet for a post-Hamas future of Gaza including the “complete demilitarization” of the enclave, and the overhaul of its security, civil administration and education systems.
Meanwhile, Gaza civilians are living under constant fear of Israel’s post war plan. According to them, the security plans will further restrict their freedom of movement just like the days of Israeli occupation prior to 2005, when checkpoints were placed between neighbouring villages and exclusive bypass roads were built to link Israeli settlements to each other and to Israel.
Israeli troops bulldozed a path for its armored vehicles soon after the declaration of war against Hamas on October 7, following the militant group’s attack on Israel. In early October, Israel also ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern Gaza to south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands bisecting the enclave.
The Israeli military began bulldozing a path for its armored vehicles soon after declaring war against Hamas on October 7, following the militant group’s attack on Israel. Satellite imagery from November shows the tracks emerging, at a time when the military’s focus turned to surrounding Gaza City, advancing from the east. In early October, Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern Gaza to south of Wadi Gaza, a strip of wetlands bisecting the enclave.
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