The Egyptian army reportedly continues destroying houses on the border with the Gaza Strip in a bid to establish a buffer zone along the boundary.
The military wants to establish the 500-meter buffer zone in order to prevent “smuggling” and to control the tunnels along the border.
The buffer zone will be an area easily accessible to the Egyptian army, which can monitor it by satellites and other sophisticated equipment.
The Palestinians have become very concerned about the development, saying such a move will cut the supply of basic goods to Gaza.
On March 12, the Egyptian military said that it had demolished 1,370 underground tunnels between the country and the besieged Gaza Strip.
Palestinians use the underground tunnels to transfer essential supplies, including food and fuel into Gaza, which has been blockaded by Israel since 2007.
Egypt began destroying the tunnels to Gaza after the ouster of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi last year.
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