Israeli and Egyptian soldiers exchanged gunfire on Monday near Rafah, leaving one Egyptian dead, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing local Israeli media outlet Maariv.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) source claimed that Egyptian forces fired first and that Israeli forces returned fire, The Jerusalem Post reported. report. (Related article: ‘Futility’: Biden administration’s expensive Gaza dock already plagued by setbacks and ‘logistics’ problems)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the armed clashes and released a statement in Hebrew saying: [incident] He said an “investigation is ongoing” and that “dialogue with the Egyptian side is underway.”
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An Egyptian spokesman said the army was also investigating the shooting. “The Egyptian army is investigating through the competent authorities the shooting incident in the Rafah border area, in which one of its members was martyred,” the spokesman tweeted in Arabic.
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This is not the first clash between Israel and Egypt since the start of the Gaza war: On October 8, the day after the Hamas massacre that sparked the conflict, Egyptian police killed two Israeli tourists and their guide, The Jerusalem Post reported.
A few weeks later, the Israel Defense Forces said one of its tanks had mistakenly fired at Egyptian positions near the checkpoint, slightly wounding several border guards. Reuters I got it..
Israel and Egypt have cooperated in the blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip since 2007. On May 6, Israeli forces seized control of the Gaza side of the border as part of an ongoing offensive against the city of Rafah, it said. Al JazeeraEgypt has allowed humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza, but has allowed only a small number of Gaza refugees to enter Egypt, NPR reported. report.
