3 Israeli soldiers were killed along the Egyptian border, military says

By The Associated Press

An Israeli soldier cries outside a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border on Saturday.

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.

(Image credit: Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

Source: 3 Israeli soldiers were killed along the Egyptian border, military says