Egyptian soldier shot dead in border incident with Israel

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Egyptian soldier shot ***** in border incident with *******

An Egyptian soldier has been ******* in an incident involving Egyptian and ******** troops in the border area near Rafah.

The Egyptian and ******** militaries are investigating what happened.

******** media say there was an exchange of *****, but there are few other details and no reports of ******** casualties.

Tensions between Egypt and ******* have heightened since ******** forces took control of the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing point three weeks ago as part of their offensive against ******.

Egypt is a strong supporter of the Palestinians and has condemned *******’s military campaign in Gaza and the ******** of thousands of civilians by ******* in the war.

Egypt was the first ***** country to sign a peace deal with ******* 45 years ago and, although it has held, relations between the two sides have often been frosty. Deadly incidents between Egyptian and ******** troops are rare, however.

Hours before the *********, Egypt’s foreign ministry condemned an ******** strike on Rafah which ******* at least 45 people, according to Gaza’s ******-run health ministry. It accused ******* of the “targeting of defenceless civilians”.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said the ******* had ******* two senior ****** officials and that it was reviewing reports that civilians were harmed as a result of the strike and ***** it ignited.

Like *******, Egypt has maintained a blockade on its border with Gaza since ****** came to power in 2006. ****** is an off-****** of the Islamist ******* Brotherhood organisation, which is banned as a ********** group in Egypt.

Egypt has, however, kept channels open with ****** and has been acting as a mediator in on-off indirect talks between ******* and the group to try to reach a ceasefire deal and release of ******** hostages held by ****** in Gaza.

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