Egypt To Withdraw Ambassador To Israel Over Ambush

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said early Saturday it will withdraw its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths of five Egyptian security forces in what it called a breach of a peace treaty, sharply escalating tensions between the two countries after a cross-border ambush that killed eight Israelis.

The Egyptian troops were killed as Israeli soldiers pursued suspected militants from the Gaza Strip who crossed the border from the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel, killing eight Israelis on Thursday. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in three years.

There were conflicting statements about how the Egyptians were killed, but an Egyptian Cabinet statement said it held Israel "politically and legally responsible for this incident," which it deemed a breach of the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. It demand an immediate investigation.

In strong language, it said Israel was to blame because lax security from its side allowed the ambush to take place.

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[EFerrari]

1. It's so awful to see young people or any people still being killed

at these borders.

[No Elephants]

2. Crap.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Mubarak might have been a thug

But he was willing to keep his end of the bargain from the Camp David accords. Now, how will we come up with enough money to keep Israel and Egypt from fighting?

[aquart]

4. Lax security on Israel's side and no security at all on Egypt's side.

I can just see the unity party of MB and Hamas. And let's none of us forget the pissed off Bedouins. You forgot about them, didn't you?