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However, Egyptian and Western diplomats told the agency that Israel informed its Western allies and Arab countries in December of last year that it intends to establish a buffer zone.<\/p>\n
The agency quoted American analysts as saying that the targeted area, one kilometer deep, has witnessed the demolition or destruction of at least 1,329 buildings since the beginning of the war.<\/p>\n
The agency emphasized that this destruction is only a small part of what has befallen the entire Strip due to the war, as one estimate indicates that half of the buildings in the Strip have been completely or partially destroyed.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post previously revealed that the occupation army has been building a buffer zone since last November, one kilometer deep along the Gaza border.<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal also quoted an Israeli soldier as saying that the orders they received are to evacuate an area one kilometer wide along the border, as part of an Israeli plan to build a secure area within the Strip that Palestinians will be prohibited from entering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Watan-The analysis conducted by the Associated Press agency, based on satellite images, revealed new destruction operations carried out by the occupation army deep within one kilometer on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip. This comes as part of an attempt to establish a “buffer zone,” a step insisted upon by the occupation army and met …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2000,738],"class_list":["post-5984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-buffer-zone","tag-the-gaza-strip"],"yoast_head":"\n