(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Israeli troops on Friday killed two Egyptian policemen who had crossed the border in the southern Negev and opened fire at them. According to IDF officers, the Egyptians had crossed the barbed wire marking the border and were about 100-150 meters inside Israel. The Egyptians were the first to open fire and they began running toward the Israeli soldiers. Military sources said the policemen appeared to be intent on carrying out a terrorist attack, and that they apparently were acting on their own initiative.
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