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[newarab.com](https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-corridor-set-split-gaza-two-amid-rafah-assault)

> **Israel’s plan will see the destruction of the infrastructure** located in the planned buffer area of the highway that will split north and south Gaza.
> 
> **The [Israeli](https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-out-destroy-unrwa-says-agency-chief) army is constructing a corridor splitting [Gaza City](https://www.newarab.com/news/hamas-partially-moves-back-gaza-city-report) 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](https://www.newarab.com/news/ben-gvir-calls-palestinian-al-aqsa-ban-during-ramadan) 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](https://www.newarab.com/news/fuel-shortages-knock-out-gazas-second-largest-hospital), a campus of Al-Azhar 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.**

> **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.**