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07/29/2005:

"Israel Plans High-Tech Barrier Around Gaza"

EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip -- Israel is increasing security at its border with the Gaza Strip in anticipation of next month's withdrawal, the army said Thursday, disclosing details of a high-tech complex to ring the coastal strip with what it hopes will be the world's most impenetrable barrier.

The barrier system will surround Gaza with fences, electronic sensors, watchtowers mounted with remote-control machine guns, and hundreds of video and night vision cameras, the military said.

...Palestinians trying to infiltrate into Israel _ like a would-be suicide bomber who managed to penetrate the old fence with wire cutters last week before being captured _ will first encounter fence made of coils of razor wire.

They would then have to cross a patrol road before reaching the current barrier, a fence with electronic sensors that sends a signal to a central command whenever it is touched or cut.

If they pass this barrier, they would have to traverse a 130-yard swath of land _ codenamed Hoover _ filled with motion sensors and scanned by an array of day and night optical devices, before reaching the third and newest electronic fence.

Watchtowers armed with remote-controlled machine guns are to be built every 1.2 miles and within a year, remote-controlled, unmanned vehicles will begin patrolling the area.
Full: washingtonpost.com