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The Egypt–Gaza barrier refers to the steel border barrier along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Because it is essentially splitting the city of Rafah, the steel barrier is also referred as a separation wall.〔()〕 In December 2009, Egypt started with help from the US, the building of a steel wall along the Gaza border. If it is finished, the wall will be 10-11 km (6-7 miles) long and extend 18 metres below the surface. The wall was to be completed in 18 months.〔Fraser, Christian. (''Egypt starts building steel wall on Gaza Strip border'' ). Christian Fraser, BBC, 9 December 2009.〕 On 29 October 2014, Egypt had begun demolishing homes along its border with the Gaza Strip as part of a planned 500m buffer zone that is intended to prevent weapons smuggling entering Gaza. ==Technical aspects== The project enjoys technical cooperation from the United States and France.〔(Construction of Egypt's security wall causes collapse of smuggling tunnels ), World Tribune 13-01-2010〕 Egypt has reinforced the border with several hundred troops to protect construction crews from Palestinian sniper attacks.〔 Palestinian sources said that construction of the barrier was damaging dozens of smuggling tunnels as deep as 30 meters, causing them to collapse on a nearly daily basis and killing operators, especially tunnels near the Rafah border terminal. They added that most of the 1,500 tunnels between Gaza and Egypt remained unaffected. The sources also stated that the project has alarmed the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip, which charges an annual $2,500 for the right to operate a tunnel.〔 ==Aims== According to analysts at a January 2010 Egyptian security conference, the barrier reflects Cairo's concern that al Qaeda-inspired militants from the Gaza Strip will infiltrate Egypt after being forced out by Hamas, the de facto governing authority in the Strip, which the State of Israel considers as a terrorist group. The analysts said Egypt could become a haven and a battleground for small Salafist militant groups such as Jund Ansar Allah, Jaysh al Islam and Jaljalat, which have been squashed by Hamas since it took control in 2007.〔(Egypt at risk of militant flow from Gaza -analysts ), Reuters 28-01-2010〕 The barrier has proved to be of little effect, with it being "breached hundreds of times" according to an Egyptian security official.〔(Gaza smugglers breach Egyptian barrier ), Ynet, 22 July 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Egypt–Gaza barrier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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