A massive camp, surrounded by high concrete walls, in the Sinai desert, is being built by the authorities of Egyptthe Wall Street Journal reported yesterday Thursday. Cairo fears possible mass exodus from Gaza when Israeli army launches ground offensive in Rafahthe publication explains.
The newspaper, citing Egyptian officials and experts, said as many as 100,000 people could be accommodated in tents at the camp, which is not far from the border with Egypt. Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, Egyptian authorities have been stepping up security measures, deploying troops, armor and erecting or reinforcing fences to prevent a massive influx of refugees from the Palestinian enclave.
The camp is being built as a precaution, in case a large number of Gazans cross the border, according to the Journal's text.
The governor in North Sinai province has denied that the camp is being built for Palestinians, saying it is intended for Egyptians displaced as part of recent operations by the Egyptian armed forces against Islamic State jihadists.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army a few days ago to prepare to launch an attack on Rafah, according to him the “last stronghold” of Hamas, according to the German Agency and the Athens News Agency.
Some 1.3 million Palestinians, in other words more than half the population of the Gaza Strip, have flocked to the city, on the closed border with Egyptwhere they went after leaving their homes in other areas of the enclave, to escape the war that has been raging for more than four months.
According to the publication, Egypt is seeking to limit the number of refugees as much as possible, to accept no more than 50,000 to 60,000.
Egypt's government has gone so far as to threaten Israel to end the bilateral peace agreement (1979) if there is a massive influx of refugees from the Gaza Strip, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The report states that an Israeli army officer said that the scenario of driving the civilian population north, out of the war zone but inside the enclave, is being considered.
Source: News Beast
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