Explosion, gunfire along Egypt-Gaza border, no casualtiesEgyptian troops fired warning shots over the frontier into Gaza on Tuesday after a bomb exploded on Gaza territory near an Egyptian army convoy, Egyptian security sources said. Hamas, the Islamist group that governs Gaza, said Pal More… |
Egypt rushes 500 policemen to Gaza borderEgypt sent around 500 riot police to its border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, fearing that supporters of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will try to storm the frontier, security officials said. The officials said Hamas, which rules t More… |
Egypt finds weapons cache near Gaza borderEgyptian police confiscated a weapons cache including rifles, anti-tank missiles, and ammunition in the Sinai desert near the Gaza border on Saturday, Egyptian security sources said. Egyptian police found at least five boxes of weapons hid More… |