2023-06-03 14:29:52
The assailant is an Egyptian policeman who has also died
Three Israeli soldiers died this Saturday by shots in a “security incident” on the border with Egypt, reported the Israeli Army, while the attacker, an Egyptian policeman, He was killed by Israeli troops.
“Early in the morning, two Israeli soldiers, a man and a woman, were killed by a assailant who opened fire on them while they ensured a military post on the Egyptian border. Subsequently, additional soldiers arrived in the area and carried out searches there,” the Israeli army said in a statement.
Hours later, around noon (0900 GMT), the soldiers identified the attacker in Israeli territory and there was another exchange of fire between the assailant and the Israeli troops, in which the attacker diedidentified as an Egyptian policeman.
In that second confrontation, another Israeli soldier was killed and one was slightly wounded.
“The assailant is an Egyptian policeman. A investigation in full cooperation with the Egyptian army”confirmed a military spokesman, who indicated that Israeli soldiers continue to search the area to rule out the presence of additional attackers.
“The Defense Forces express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and we will continue to support them,” the Army said in a statement.
The incident in which the first two soldiers were killed occurred near Mount Sagi in the Negev desert.
The border between Israel and Egypt is largely peaceful, however, there are frequent attempts to drug smuggling through the separation fence, where from time to time there is an exchange of fire between Israeli soldiers and the traffickers.
The Egyptian Army also frequently attacks drug dealers, as well as Jihadist groups in the northern Sinai desertsometimes resulting in accidental cross-border shooting.
Sinai-based jihadists carried out multiple attacks against Israel in 2011 and 2012. In an attack in August 2011, six Israeli civilians, a soldier and an anti-terror police officer were killed, as well as five Egyptian soldiers.
Hours before the first shooting incident on Saturday, Israeli troops thwarted an attempt to drug smuggling across the border, seizing contraband worth an estimated 1.5 million shkels ($400,000), according to military officials.
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