Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island?

Jane Gaskin did exactly that, trading in the family home to begin a new life in the

tropics.

But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets.

I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise,

the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder. Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now wherever

you listen to podcasts. This is a series, CVS, I in the world. I'm John Bachelor. The Times of Israel.

I D.F. tanks take control of Gazan side of Rafa crossing to Egypt, key road captured, the times of Israel.

Hezbollah claims latest drone attack on north. Times of Israel leaked clip shows Clips, Cuzes Israeli Tank Crushing, I Love Gaza Sign in Raffa.

Times of Israel, IDF Border Police conclude 20-hour operation in West Banks to Akaram.

I welcome Jonathan Schanser, Vice President of the

Foundation of the Defense of Democracy's, to interpret these headlines

going in different geographies and different conflicts.

Chiefly, we're going to concentrate on the Raffa crossing, however, because as narrow and small

as the Gaza Strip is, it has distinctive phases and the Rafa crossing

is at the extreme left side as you're going toward Egypt.

It's a crossing that has long been there.

There were barracks there when I visited one time.

That would be where the Israeli station their deployments during the days

they maintain the so-called Philadelphia line,

which was about 300 yards wide, made entirely of sand.

On one side of it was the wall that marked the international border to Sinai. The other side of it was a ruined

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