Tel Aviv, May 18 -- The government of Israel approved on Sunday a plan to establish a security barrier on the eastern border and to strengthen "the national hold on the [Jordan] Valley."

The plan includes the establishment of a multi-layered defence system along 425 kilometres, from the southern Golan Heights to the "Sands of Samar," located 30 kilometres to the north of Eilat.

Israel's Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the system will combine a physical barrier with advanced sensors, detection and warning capabilities, security components, ICT (Information and Communication Technology), operational command and control, and more, alongside the deployment of "light, flexible, and mobile forces, adapted to the topography and ch...