One project that’s been undertaken by the IDF in Gaza hasn’t received as much media attention as the larger military conflict, at least until now. Starting back in November, construction crews began clearing a one-kilometer-wide band of land along the border of the Gaza Strip. Bulldozers and backhoes cleared buildings, roadways, and agricultural areas. Hamas terror tunnels were flattened and filled in. The buffer zone is being described as a “no man’s land.” But Israel is being opposed in these efforts on multiple fronts, including by the United States. Antony Blinken was recently trotted out again to criticize Israel’s construction efforts, though his reason for doing so doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. (Wall Street Journal, subscription required)
Beginning last November, an Israeli soldier and members of his reserve unit worked day after day in a northern…
