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How will Israel protect its vehicles on Gaza border?

Three days after Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades fired a guided missile at an Israeli vehicle, the Israeli army embarked on setting up a new concrete barrier to protect its vehicles in the border areas.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli army embarked May 8 on the construction of a new concrete barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip. The barrier aims to protect the open border areas from the rockets that Hamas and Islamic Jihad possess.

According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli army said in a statement May 8, “As a result of lessons learned from previous rounds of fighting … there is a major effort to protect certain areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip to adapt the areas to threats, including the threat of anti-tank and direct fire.”

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