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March 3, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/400698.html

Ya'alon: Keep Control of Gaza Border to Stop Arms Smuggling

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Gideon Alon - IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon reiterated Tuesday that if the IDF quits the Philadelphia route, the 100-200 meter wide strip of Israeli-controlled territory between Egypt and Gaza, it will be wide open for arms smuggling from Egypt into Gaza. Ya'alon said weapons were being stockpiled along the Egypt-Gaza border waiting to be smuggled into Palestinian territory. "The Egyptians are taking action against the smuggling, but...they could do more," Ya'alon said.

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