Three Israeli soldiers killed in gun battle at Egyptian border

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A gun battle involving an Egyptian police officer has left three Israeli soldiers dead in southern Israel along the Egyptian border&comma; the army said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Army spokesperson Lt Col Richard Hecht said the fighting began overnight when soldiers thwarted a drug-smuggling attempt across the border&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several hours later&comma; two soldiers in a guard post were shot and killed&comma; the spokesman added&period; Their bodies were found after they did not respond to radio communications&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lt Col Hecht said the killings appeared to be connected to the thwarted drug-smuggling attempt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The army said the Egyptian police officer was killed in a second exchange of fire in which a third soldier was killed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lt Col Hecht said an investigation is being conducted in full cooperation with the Egyptian army&period; He said troops are searching for other possible assailants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incident marks the first deadly exchange of fire along the Israel-Egypt border in over a decade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The army said one of the soldiers killed was a woman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Criminals sometimes smuggle drugs across the border&comma; while Islamic militant groups are also active in Egypt’s restive north Sinai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979 and maintain close security ties&period; Fighting along their shared border is rare&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The exchange of fire reportedly took place around the Nitzana border crossing between Israel and Egypt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The crossing is located about 25 miles south-east of the point where Israel’s border with Egypt and the Gaza Strip converge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is used to import goods from Egypt destined for Israel or the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121062fa5">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121062fa5'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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