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Egypt has started work on a buffer zone by destroying homes along its border with the Gaza Strip, following some of the worst attacks by terrorists on the army.
Bulldozers began destroying several abandoned houses along the frontier, just days after armed men attacked an army post killing 31 soldiers in the area.

Egypt has declared a state of emergency in the Sinai Peninsula and indefinitely closed the Rafah crossing, the only non-Israeli passage for Gazans.  It also accelerated plans to create the 500-metre deep buffer zone, and told the area's 10,000 residents they had 48 hours to pack up and leave before they would destroy around 800 homes.

The buffer zone will extend along the 10km border with Gaza, with water-filled trenches to thwart tunnel diggers. Authorities say the border area is used by criminal gangs to smuggle arms from Gaza to Sinai.

The Egyptian army has waged a broad offensive in northern Sinai against armed groups who have emboldened their presence in several areas in the neglected eastern region over the past three years, destroying much of the web-like network of smuggling tunnels that connect the area with Gaza.

Hamas really pulled Israel and Egypt together against their criminal activities in the area. Just a thought.