(Ynet News) Roni Sofer - Prime Minister Netanyahu on Thursday toured the Israel-Egypt border and received a briefing on the infiltration problem in the area. According to IDF officers, 800-1,000 people have infiltrated the border in the past month. In the past 24 hours alone, 24 infiltrators were intercepted near the border. The past four years have seen 20 attempts by terrorists to infiltrate Israel through the Egyptian border. A senior military official said al-Qaeda may attempt to recruit people in Sudan and train them, then have the recruits infiltrate Israel, set up terror cells and recruit other refugees to carry out attacks in Israel.
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