FACT CHECK · OCTOBER 7
Claim: Israel should just build a wall around Gaza
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
It did: a 65 km barrier finished Dec 2021, about $1.1B, with sensors and an underground anti-tunnel layer. On 7 Oct 2023 Hamas broke through it in dozens of places.
SOURCE
Times of Israel; Al Arabiya, 11 Oct 2023; Newsweek, Nov 2023
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