Israel har ennå ikke lykkes å pasifisere terroristene som infiltrerte fra Sinai. En rutinert kontraterror-offiser, Pascal Avrahami, ble drept da han deltok i en opprydningsaksjon nord for Eilat torsdag kveld. Dermed har åtte israelere blitt drept.

Angrepet er profesjonelt utført, og vitner om lang tids planlegging. Israel vil nå måtte ta sikkerheten mot Sinai langt mer alvorlig. Etter at Mubarak-regimet forsvant, har Sinai blitt et område hvor Egypt ikke har kontroll.

Israels svar er å fremskynde byggingen av et sikkerhetsgjerde også mot denne delen av grensen.

Israel has so far managed to construct a barrier along 45 kilometers of it’s southern border with Egypt, which stretches for over 200 km.

The original plan was to complete construction of the fence in 2013 but the Defense Ministry decided several months ago to hire six different contracts in order to speed up the construction and complete the project by the end of 2012.

The Defense Ministry said it would complete construction of an additional 100 km by the end of 2011. Officials said that 700 meters of fence was constructed on a daily basis.

Following the attacks near Eilat on Thursday, Defense Ministry Dir.-Gen. Udi Shani convened a meeting to discuss ways to increase the number of workers who work on the fence in an effort to move up the completion date.

Counter-terror officer killed by terrorist fire near Eilat