Israel deploys tanks along Egyptian frontier

Adrian Blomfield
telegraph.co.uk
June 18, 2012

Three militants, who crossed into Israel’s southern desert from Egypt’s increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula, targeted a two-vehicle convoy carrying workers building a border fence with a roadside bomb, rifle-fire and a rocket-propelled grenade. A passenger in one of the vehicles was killed after it overturned, while a second was badly wounded.

Israeli forces swiftly arrived at the scene and engaged the militants in a gun battle, killing two of them. The third escaped, an Israeli army spokesman said.

The incident, which mirrored a similar attack a year ago that claimed eight Israeli lives, heightened fears in Israel that Egypt has allowed the Sinai to become a haven for militants to attack the Jewish state.

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This article was posted: Monday, June 18, 2012 at 10:56 am

Tags: foreign affairs, terrorism, war

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