Gaza Barrier Can't Withstand an Assault by Mob, Fencemaker Says
- Magal says fence is meant to detect infiltration, not stop it
- Israel fears weekly protests will end with mass breach attempt
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Thousands of Palestinians marching on the Gaza Strip’s border could trample the 10-foot-high fence that separates the Hamas-ruled territory from Israel, according to the company that built the barrier.
“It would take about 30 seconds to cross,” said Saar Koursh, chief executive officer of Magal Security Systems Ltd., which built the Gaza fence and is vying to work on the wall President Donald Trump wants to erect on the U.S.-Mexico border. “This fence wasn’t built to stop riots like you see now. It was built to give real-time indication if somebody is trying to cross the border.”