CAIRO (Ma'an) -- Egyptian authorities are set to create a buffer zone along the shared border with Gaza following an attack that killed 30 soldiers on Saturday.
Egyptian military sources told Ma'an that all houses and farmland 500 meters deep along the 13-kilometer (eight-mile) border will be evacuated, with the exception of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid.
A 20-meter wide and deep channel will also be constructed along the Gaza border, the sources added.
The decision was taken by the Egyptian Defense Council and all work will likely be completed by the end of 2014.
Following a survey with residents along the border, house owners will receive compensation in return for leaving their homes, with some 200 families having already accepted the financial package to leave.
Around 680 more families live along the border. more
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