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This strikes me as premature — wait until peace or conquest is completed, one way or another, instead of pretending normalcy has been restored when it most definitely has not. But it’s their country, and at that end of it they like playing Let’s Pretend. [IsraelTimes] In a sign that the threat from Gaza to Israeli border settlements has been drastically reduced, Israel begins removing concrete walls at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, according to Hebrew-language reports.
The walls, erected after the May 2023 Operation Shield and Arrow against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, were meant to protect the kibbutz and motorists on the access road from mortar and anti-tank fire from the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the section of Route 25 that leads to the kibbutz, which has been closed for five years, is also set to reopen.
“The opening of Route 25 to Nahal Oz symbolizes not only renewed infrastructure but a return to life,” says MK Ze’ev Elkin, the Finance Ministry’s point man for rehabilitating the southern and northern border areas damaged by war.
“This is a move that restores residents’ confidence on their way home and their faith in the future here. The road has become a symbol of steadfastness and the ability to grow through difficulty. The first vehicles to pass through it will also open a path of hope.”
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