Israel dispatches large numbers of troops to the scene after gunfire reported.
Israël déploie un grand nombre de troupes sur cette zone, après des rapports sur des éch
Yoav Zitun
Latest Update: 10.22.14, 14:22 / Israel News
IDF troops came under fire on the Israeli-Egyptian border on Wednesday afternoon. Israel has dispatched large numbers of troops to the scene.
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During the security incident, school buses taking students to the Ramat Negev Regional Council were turned away from the area.
There’s a high fence and advanced observation tools on the Israel-Egypt border. The entire area is mountainous and includes lookout points. There are also patrols guarding the border.
In September 2012, Corporal Netanel Yahalomi, 20-years-old from Nof Ayalon, was killed in the Mount Sagi area when three terrorists opened fired at an IDF patrol. The troops exchanged fire with the terrorists, killing all three of them. Another soldier was moderately wounded.
A year prior to that, three terrorists ambushed and opened fire at a bus on Highway 12 between Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat. Half an hour later, also near the border with Egypt, two explosive devices were set off against an IDF force on its way to the scene of the bus shooting. Soon after that, a mortar shell exploded near a vehicle and in a fourth incident that day also in one of the southern roads not far from the first incident, fire was opened at another bus and a car, which included an anti-tank missile. Seven Israelis were killed and 31 wounded that day.
This story is developing.
First Published: 10.22.14, 14:05
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