Current sectionGaza NewsSatellite images show Israel has built an embankment reaching nearly a mile beyond the Yellow Line, which demarcates IDF-controlled territory in Gaza, in the Rafah area in the southern Strip. The full length of the barrier reaches many miles, as revealed by HaaretzShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYarden Michaeli11:36 AM • July 22 2026 IDTThe land barrier that the Israeli military is building in the Gaza Strip has extended hundreds of meters beyond the official "Yellow Line" and into territory designated to be held by Hamas after the U.S.-brokered cease-fire announcement.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel occupationIDFGazaCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesTrumpEisenkotMamdani-NetanyahuPalestinian AuthorityLindsey GrahamIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIDF's Gaza Earthen Barrier Crosses Almost a Mile Beyond Yellow Line'The Israeli Government Has an Interest in Disrupting the Elections'Parents of Slain Israeli Hostage Lead Tributes to Lindsey Graham at IAC MemorialTrump Approves Saudi Arabia Nuclear Deal Without Major Safeguards, Sources SayJordan Says It Intercepted Four Missiles After Launch From IranRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election