Three infiltrated in first 10 days of this month, compared to 1,309 in October 2011.
By Gil Ronen
Only three people infiltrated into Israel through the southern border in the first ten days of October, according to official data communicated to journalists Wednesday.
The journalists were accompanying Interior Minister Eli Yishai on a tour of the Saharonim incarceration facility in the Negev.
In October of 2011, by comparison, a total of 1,309 people infiltrated through the border. This means the rate of infiltration has declined to less than 3% of what it was last year, largely thanks to the fence that has been erected along the border. Continue Reading »







