More on Highway 749
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-corridor-set-split-gaza-two-amid-rafah-assault?amp
The Israeli army is constructing a corridor splitting Gaza City from the south as part of a plan to implement Israeli control over the enclave.
Channel 14 aired a report on the zone called the Netzarim Corridor, detailing how Israel's reserve Engineering Corps are building the new Highway 749 which will run through the strip south of Gaza City. It revealed a 1-kilometer buffer zone north and south of the highway, with Unit 601 of the Engineering Corps tasked with demolishing surrounding buildings.
Among the structures likely to levelled are the Turkish Hospital, a campus of Al-Aqsa University, the villages of Mughraqa and Juhor al-Dik, Nour and Shams amusement parks, as well as acres of agricultural land. The corridor will run through the former grounds of the Netzarim Settlement, which was evacuated in 2005 as part of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement from Gaza.
According to Israeli soldiers speaking with Channel 14, the highway will give the army a clear route to enable future incursions into the territory and prevent the movement of people from south to north.
