Israeli government building separation wall on Gaza border

Описание: (11 Sep 2005)

Nativ Haasara, Israeli side of Gaza/Israeli border
1. Israeli army jeep approaching
2. Various Israeli workers building wall between Northern Gaza and Israel
3. Various cranes and bulldozers on site
4. Various of wall
5. Truck carrying blocks of concrete arriving on site
6. Workers watching
7. Worker sitting with top of wall behind him

STORYLINE:

Israel has begun constructing a concrete wall to separate itself from the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday at Nativ Haasara, a communal farm on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, Israeli workers were busy adding more concrete sections to the wall.

Before the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, there were a few Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israel says the wall is necessary to protect Israel from potential mortar shell attacks from Palestinians living in Gaza.

Nativ Haasara was hit by Qassam rockets at mid- July, in which an Israeli woman was killed.

Palestinians say that such attacks came as a result of Israel's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip.

They also say that, despite the Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, if Israel seals off Gaza's borders, the area will become a virtual prison.

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