A gunbattle involving an Egyptian police officer in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers dead, the army said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.
The suspect was identified by the Israeli and Egyptian authorities as an Egyptian security officer. The deadly sequence of events may be connected to a thwarted drug smuggling attempt, the Israeli military said.
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Israeli officials were investigating a series of mishaps and failings that led to the killings of three Israeli soldiers by an Egyptian border guard.
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