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The Egyptian government has ordered the forced evacuation of homes along the 9 mile border with the Gaza strip. The homes will be demolished to make room for a 500 yard wide buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza that includes water-filled trenches to stop tunnel diggers. This buffer zone is designed to stop the flow of arms and militants from Gaza into Egypt which authorities believe are responsible for the rise in terrorism in the Sinai peninsula. This is primarily a response to the October 24th terrorist attack that killed 31 soldiers in eastern Sinai.

Israel's view of the new Palestinian unity government in the Gaza Strip. The sharing of power allowed over 70,000 people to return to government work.

After the killing of Israeli teenagers, Israel was able to launch a justified assault on Gaza. Specifically targeting Hamas, the Israelis want nothing more than the safety of their neighboring Jews and Arabs.

Residents of the Gaza strip fight back against Hamas

Not necessarily certifying this website as objective or accurate.

This article talks about how Egypt recently started creating a controversial buffer zone by blowing up homes along the boarder. This move was the beginnings of a soon to be 500 meter buffer zone, if all goes to plan. This border is used for gangs to smuggle arms to and from Gaza.

Possibly NSFW.