The incident occurred today (May 27) and is already being investigated.
Israel is in contact with Egypt about what happened, said Israeli Defense spokesman Avichay Adraee, without specifying the reasons for the shooting.
Israeli media Kan stated that an Egyptian soldier died in the shooting, the Israeli side suffered no losses, according to another Israeli media outlet, Ynet.
Egypt’s military said Monday a border guard was killed in a “shooting” in the Rafah border area with Gaza, where Israeli forces are deployed, adding that it had launched a probe.
ReplyDelete“The Egyptian armed forces, through the competent authorities, are investigating a shooting incident in the Rafah border area which led to the martyrdom of a guard,” a military statement said.