200 Africans illegally enter Israel over fence
- 8 years ago
Some 200 Africans from Sudan and Eritrea have managed to cross the border from Sinai into Israel, despite the completion early last year of the new border fence, Ynet has learned.
Some of them were taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva for treatment after jumping off the fence into the Israeli side and as a result suffering from bruises, scratches and broken limbs.
Egyptian forces did not try to thwart these attempts to cross the border in order to avoid getting into a fire exchange with the smugglers.
The new 220 kilometers-long fence, built across the border with Egypt from Kerem Shalom to the mountains of Eilat, was meant to stop the flow of Africans arriving in Israel every year, after over 10,000 managed to enter the country.
Some of them were taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva for treatment after jumping off the fence into the Israeli side and as a result suffering from bruises, scratches and broken limbs.
Egyptian forces did not try to thwart these attempts to cross the border in order to avoid getting into a fire exchange with the smugglers.
The new 220 kilometers-long fence, built across the border with Egypt from Kerem Shalom to the mountains of Eilat, was meant to stop the flow of Africans arriving in Israel every year, after over 10,000 managed to enter the country.