Central Command Chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth said at the Gaza border during a ceremony marking the change of command of the Barak Brigade that “we are standing here in the northern Strip, observing on one hand everything we have achieved – and we have achieved a lot – more than 60% of the Strip is in our hands, there is a security zone for the Gaza border communities held by two divisions and the IDF’s best fighters.” According to him, “the threat of a raid – as occurred almost three years ago – is not possible, and the security alongside the sense of security bring a surge in construction and agriculture, and as can be seen – ‘the wheat is definitely growing again.'”
