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July 9, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1000144.html

Egyptian Forces Crossed into Israel in Pursuit of Smugglers

[Ha'aretz ] Yuval Azoulay - An Egyptian officer was killed after he and his comrades crossed into Israeli territory in pursuit of Bedouin smugglers. A joint IDF and Egyptian inquiry into the incident in the Har Harif area near the Israel-Egypt border found that Egyptian soldiers who noticed the Bedouin drug smugglers set out in pursuit. An exchange of gunfire ensued, and one of the smugglers shot an Egyptian officer in the stomach, who later died of his wounds. IDF soldiers in the area mistakenly believed the gunfire was aimed at them, and subsequently returned fire. Military sources said no Egyptian soldier was hit by IDF fire.

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