Egyptian armed forces:
Lieutenant General “Mohamed Zaki”, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Egyptian Minister of Defense and Military Production, made a phone call to the Israeli Minister of Defense “Yav Gallant”.
This is to discuss the circumstances of today’s accident, offer condolences to the victims of the accident from both sides, and joint coordination to take the necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future.
On Saturday, the Egyptian army announced that an Egyptian “security element” had been killed, as well as three members of the “Israeli security force” on the border between the two countries.
The army spokesman said, “Saturday dawn, one of the security personnel in charge of securing the international border line chased the drug smuggling elements.
During the pursuit, the security personnel breached the insurance barrier and exchanged fire, which led to the death of 3 Israeli security personnel and the wounding of 2 others, in addition to the death of the Egyptian security personnel during the exchange of fire.