Three Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in border gunfire incident

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JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer were killed near the countries' border on Saturday (Jun 3), Israel and Egypt said, in a rare incident that the countries are investigating jointly. The Israeli military said an Egyptian policeman shot and killed two soldiers while the

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security officer were killed near the countries' border on Saturday , Israel and Egypt said, in a rare incident that the countries are investigating jointly.

The Egyptian officer and a third Israeli soldier were killed in a confrontation inside Israeli territory hours later. Egyptian and Israeli officials are probing the circumstances of the incident in full cooperation, the Israeli military and two Egyptian security sources said. An Israeli military spokesperson said two soldiers had been shot while on duty in a relatively desolate area in the Negev desert along the Egypt border early on Saturday. Their bodies were later found when they did not answer the radio, the spokesperson added.

 

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