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February 9, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=207350

Border Fence Leads to Sharp Drop in Infiltrators from Egypt

(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Katz - The number of illegal infiltrators into Israel from Egypt dropped in January to 400 from a monthly average of 1,000 throughout 2010, defense officials said on Tuesday. Israel is erecting a fence along 200 km of the 240 km-long border. "There are currently six different contractors working simultaneously on six different sections of the border that are the most problematic," one official explained. Last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the Defense Ministry to speed up work on the border fence in light of the political upheaval in Egypt.

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