2023-06-03 10:51:40
An Israeli soldier and a woman were killed in an armed attack on the border with Egypt on Saturday. The two were fatally injured by gunfire at the border line, the Israeli army said. The attacker was subsequently shot dead following a search. The identity of the attacker was initially unclear. Israel’s military continued to search the area.
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979. Nevertheless, there have been several deadly attacks by militant groups on the border between the two countries in the past.
In a bomb attack on a bus in the seaside resort of Taba on the border with Israel in 2014, three tourists from South Korea and the Egyptian bus driver were killed.
A devastating attack on a military checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula in August 2012 killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. The attackers then tried to break through the nearby border with Israel with two captured military vehicles. They were stopped by Israeli security forces. The Israeli military killed five assassins. The bodies of three other assassins were found on the Egyptian side.
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