An analysis of satellite images conducted by CNN showed that a road built by the Israeli army that divides Gaza into two parts has reached the Mediterranean coast.
Israeli officials said that this is part of a security plan to control the area for months and perhaps years to come.
The Israeli army stated that it is using the road “to establish an operational foothold in the area, and to allow the passage of troops as well as logistical equipment.”
He added that the road existed before the war and is being renovated because armored vehicles damaged it.
Netzarim Pass
The corridor was named “Netzarim” after the former Israeli settlement of Netzarim in Gaza.
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amihai Shekli, told CNN that the new road would “make it easier” for the Israeli army to launch raids north and south of Gaza City.
The road will have 3 lanes:
One for heavy tanks and armor.
And another for light vehicles.
And a third for fast movement.
The Netzarim Corridor is an attempt to “control population movement,” said Emily Harding, director of the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
She added that the road that divides the Strip will facilitate “the examination of people moving back and forth between the north and the south and to try to find out whether any of them are Hamas fighters.”
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