The Gaza–Israel barrier (sometimes called the Iron Wall[1][2][3]) is a border barrier located on the Israeli side of the Gaza–Israel border. [4] Before the Israel–Hamas war, the Erez Crossing, in the north of the Gaza Strip, was the only crossing point for …

Dec 11, 2021 · Stretching along the entire boundary between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel's new $1.1bn iron wall and fence was hailed as the “only one of its kind in the world” as it was inaugurated on...

Dec 7, 2021 · NETIV HA’ASARA — Standing in the shadow of a 30-foot-high concrete wall, top defense officials announced Tuesday that Israel had completed construction of a massive barrier running the length...

Oct 11, 2023 · Tel Aviv announced in 2021 the completion of an enhanced security barrier around the Gaza Strip designed to prevent militants from sneaking into Israel known as the “Iron Wall”.

Mar 25, 2024 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled that Israel’s military will soon launch an invasion of Rafah, the city in the southern Gaza Strip. More than 1 million Palestinians, now on the...

3 days ago · Israel started the Iron Wall military operation days after the now-failed ceasefire in Gaza had come into force last January, with the stated aim of “strengthening security”.

Dec 7, 2021 · Israel has announced the completion of a sensor-equipped underground wall on its side of Gaza, a countermeasure developed after Hamas used tunnels to repel its troops during a 2014 invasion of...

Jan 29, 2025 · Analysts suggest the “Iron Wall” operation provides a distraction from Netanyahu’s failures in Gaza as the occupying Israeli army is gradually withdrawing from several parts of the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Mar 17, 2025 · As the ceasefire in Gaza remains shaky, Israel is still carrying out what it calls Operation Iron Wall in the West Bank. The fighting has displaced thousands and could last for a year, Israel's ...

Feb 24, 2025 · It is part of Operation Iron Wall, a massive Israeli military assault in the northern West Bank. Nominally, Iron Wall is about rooting out militant groups, to stop another 7 October attack from originating in the restive refugee camps of Jenin or Tulkarm.