Border Fence will be completed this year

Netanyahu says fence stops illegal workers, smugglers, terrorists, answers one of four threats facing Israel.

By HERB KEINON, JPOST

Currently, 104 kilometers of the 242-kilometer-long border with Egypt has a 4.7-meter fence with razor barbed wire. By September, another 123 kilometers are expected to be finished with the whole border sealed by the end of the year.