Israel raises height of barrier on border with Egypt

Israel said it increased the height of the electric fence along part of its border with Egypt to “shut down irregular migration routes.” The height of the fence was raised to eight meters from five meters tall. Israeli authorities say additional detection devices, had "significantly curbed the flow of illegal infiltration into Israel, with only 11 successful attempts to cross the fence throughout 2016." The border fence stretching from the Gaza Strip to the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat and was completed in 2014.