IDF: Yellow concrete blocks every 200 meters marks Yellow Line boundary in Gaza

Emanuel Fabian
Times of Israel
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:41 UTC

© Israel Defense Forces

IDF troops set up a physical marker on the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip, October 20, 2025.

The IDF provides additional details on the physical markers demarcating the Yellow Line — to which the military withdrew under the terms of the current ceasefire — in the Gaza Strip.

The concrete blocks painted yellow, topped with a yellow metal sign, are 3.5 meters (nearly 11.5 feet) tall, and are being placed at distances of some 200 meters (more than a tenth of a mile) from each other along the Yellow Line, the military says.

The IDF began marking the line yesterday, and the military says the effort will continue "in the coming period."

The Yellow Line, as drawn out by mediators, encompasses over half of the Strip's territory, or 53 percent — most of which is outside of urban areas.

Comment: The situation is much darker than this bland TOI article implies:

A clearer view. Palestinians are only permitted to move within the grey space next to the sea:

Meanwhile in the red zone:

The IDF-established red ("kill") zone.