Today, Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved the construction of a new concrete wall, 100 kilometers long, in the northern occupied West Bank, to replace the old, worn-out fence.
Israeli media indicated that the new wall will replace the previous wall, which was built 20 years ago, and will be equipped with technological means.
Gantz announced the establishment of a 50-kilometer section in addition to a section of the same length that was approved earlier this year.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense said that it had drawn up a plan to fill the gaps in the separation wall, in an attempt to thwart any infiltration of Palestinians to carry out operations in the heart of Israeli cities, as described.
Last June, the occupation authorities began building a concrete wall, 45 km long and 9 meters high, in the northern West Bank.
Israel says it wants to prevent the infiltration of Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel.
Twenty years ago, in June 2002, the occupation forces began building a wall on the lands of the West Bank (mostly cement and some consisting of fences and barbed wire), under the pretext of preventing Palestinians from infiltrating, in a move condemned by the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations.
In previous reports, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the length of the wall is 712 km, and 85% of it is located inside the West Bank and not along the Green Line (1967 borders).