 CAIRO - Egypt has tightened security at its border with the Gaza Strip, the official MENA news agency said Saturday, amid press reports Israel plans to bomb the area to destroy tunnels being used for arms-smuggling. “The security forces have deployed along the entire border... following threats by Israel... to drop “smart’ bombs in the Philadelphi corridor,” the agency said, referring to a strip along the border from which Israeli troops withdrew a year ago.
The security deployment was to protect Egyptians living in the border area, MENA added.
| "Because the Paleos get a little weird, if you know what we mean." |
Egyptian newspapers Saturday published reports which had earlier appeared in the Israeli media that Israel planned to drop bunker-busting “smart” bombs in the Philadelphi corridor to destroy tunnels it says are being used to smuggle high-grade weapons into the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
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An army spokesman in Jerusalem refused to comment on “in-camera remarks made by the chief of staff”.
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