Hebrew channel 14's report added that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) forces responded to the gunfire by firing warning shots, Roya News reported.
The Israeli Military Censor, a unit in the IOF Directorate of Military Intelligence, has barred Hebrew media outlets from dealing with this story, as it comes at the peak of tension between “Israel” and Egypt and may have significant political repercussions.
Later, the Israeli English media confirmed the report on the fire fight and said that an Egyptian soldier was said to have been killed.
The Ynet news site quotes unnamed Israeli military sources blaming Egypt for a deadly exchange of fire on the Gaza-Egypt border.
According to the report, Egyptian forces opened fire on Israeli troops at the Rafah Border Crossing, who responded with fire of their own.
According to reports, an Egyptian soldier was killed in the incident. Ynet reports that other Egyptian troops were also injured.
There was no official comment from Cairo on the incident.
IOF said that it was in touch with Egypt over incident.
“A few hours ago there was a shooting incident on the Egyptian border, the [incident] is under investigation, dialogue is taking place with the Egyptian side,” the israeli regime military said, according to the Times of Israel.
Egypt confirmed the shootout and said that one of its soldiers was killed near the border with the Gazan city of Rafah.
“The Egyptian Armed Forces are conducting an investigation through the competent authorities regarding a shooting incident in the border area in Rafah, which led to the martyrdom of one of the personnel,” the Egyptian military posts on X, in its first comment on the incident.
MNA
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