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		</div><p>A gun battle involving an Egyptian police officer has left three Israeli soldiers dead in southern Israel along the Egyptian border, the army said.</p>
<p>It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.</p>
<p>Army spokesperson Lt Col Richard Hecht said the fighting began overnight when soldiers thwarted a drug-smuggling attempt across the border.</p>
<p>Several hours later, two soldiers in a guard post were shot and killed, the spokesman added. Their bodies were found after they did not respond to radio communications.</p>
<p>Lt Col Hecht said the killings appeared to be connected to the thwarted drug-smuggling attempt.</p>
<p>The army said the Egyptian police officer was killed in a second exchange of fire in which a third soldier was killed.</p>
<p>Lt Col Hecht said an investigation is being conducted in full cooperation with the Egyptian army. He said troops are searching for other possible assailants.</p>
<p>The incident marks the first deadly exchange of fire along the Israel-Egypt border in over a decade.</p>
<p>The army said one of the soldiers killed was a woman.</p>
<p>Criminals sometimes smuggle drugs across the border, while Islamic militant groups are also active in Egypt’s restive north Sinai.</p>
<p>Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979 and maintain close security ties. Fighting along their shared border is rare.</p>
<p>The exchange of fire reportedly took place around the Nitzana border crossing between Israel and Egypt.</p>
<p>The crossing is located about 25 miles south-east of the point where Israel’s border with Egypt and the Gaza Strip converge.</p>
<p>It is used to import goods from Egypt destined for Israel or the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>Israel built a fence along the porous border a decade ago to halt the entry of African migrants and Islamic militants who are active in Egypt’s Sinai desert.</p>
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