Rafah crossing. (Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
An "informed" senior Egyptian source told state TV channel al-Qahera today (Monday) that initial investigations point to the deadly firefight between IDF soldiers and Egyptian security personnel being due to a prior firefight between the IDF and Hamas.
According to the source, IDF soldiers were engaged in a firefight with Hamas terrorists, leading to bullets flying in several directions and causing the border security personell to follow procedure and fire on the source of the fire.
At least two Egyptian soldiers were killed and possibly more wounded in this engagement. The IDF suffered no casu