Egypt to begin expanding Gaza buffer zone next week
Egypt said Tuesday work will begin next week to double the width of a buffer zone being built along the border with the Gaza Strip to prevent militants infiltrating from the Palestinian enclave.
A 500-metre (546-yard) wide buffer zone is now being built along some 10 kilometres (six miles) of the border, with some 800 homes being demolished in the process.
Work will begin next week to expand it by another 500 metres, North Sinai provincial Governor Abdel Fattah Harhur said.
