{"id":578815,"date":"2026-08-08T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/578815\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:06:14","slug":"cut-found-in-zikim-fence-near-gaza-idf-launches-searches-says-no-crossing-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/578815\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut found in Zikim fence near Gaza; IDF launches searches, says no crossing detected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IDF forces were conducting searches around Kibbutz Zikim near the Gaza border early Saturday after the community\u2019s security chief reported a cut discovered in the kibbutz perimeter fence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage, no suspects have been located in the area, and it is not possible to determine when the cut was made,\u201d the IDF said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.HyxpXWyE8Me\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.HyxpXWyE8Me\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.HyxpXWyE8Me\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skvr00XUfg_0_0_738_889_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d7\u05ea\u05da \u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e7\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e5 \u05d6\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05d8\u05e3 \u05e2\u05d6\u05d4\" title=\"The cut in the fence at Kibbutz Zikim  (Photo: Used in accordance with Section 27a of the Copyright Law) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.HyxpXWyE8Me\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skvr00XUfg_0_0_738_889_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d7\u05ea\u05da \u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e7\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e5 \u05d6\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05d8\u05e3 \u05e2\u05d6\u05d4\" title=\"The cut in the fence at Kibbutz Zikim  (Photo: Used in accordance with Section 27a of the Copyright Law) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The cut in the fence at Kibbutz Zikim <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Used in accordance with Section 27a of the Copyright Law)<\/p>\n<p>The military said troops were continuing searches to rule out any unusual incident. Surveillance footage and other observation systems were also reviewed, and according to the IDF, there is currently \u201cno known crossing\u201d from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory.<\/p>\n<p>The unusual incident comes amid efforts to advance arrangements in the Gaza arena, after the \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d published a \u201croad map\u201d for implementing the agreement with Hamas, which is intended to lead to the terrorist group\u2019s disarmament.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, IDF forces operating in Gaza received new instructions under which they may carry out strikes only to remove immediate threats, while targeted killings require approval from the IDF chief of staff and the political echelon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IDF forces were conducting searches around Kibbutz Zikim near the Gaza border early Saturday after the community\u2019s security&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-578815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}