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Israel Raises Height of Barrier on Egypt Border
(AFP-Al-Ahram-Egypt) Israel said Tuesday it has finished raising the height of an electronic fence along a 17 km. stretch of its border with Egypt from 5 to 8 meters to help block illegal migration, drug and weapons trafficking and infiltration by terrorists. The barrier, stretching from Gaza to Eilat on the Red Sea was completed in 2014, but 213 African migrants still managed to breach the fence in 2015. Only 11 did so in 2016.