A new Israeli recognition.. of the Egyptian incident, the perpetrator of the border operation
New details were revealed in the accident of the Egyptian soldier, Mohamed Salah Border Operation Which resulted in the death of 3 Israelis and the wounding of two others.
An Israeli military delegation visited Cairo the day before yesterday, Sunday, which included the commander of the southern region, Eliezer Toldano, the head of the International Relations Brigade, Brigadier General Avi Deverin, and the head of the activation brigade in the Intelligence Agency, according to what was revealed by the Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraee.
Adraei added that they continued the joint investigation with Egyptian army officials about the incident, noting that the two sides expressed their commitment to conducting an in-depth investigation and finding the truth.
In a related context, the Israeli Channel 7 revealed that the results of the preliminary investigation show a series of failures in the Israeli army, noting that the results showed that two recruits were only 200 meters away from hearing the gunfire during the incident, and they did not report because they believed it was wind.
Our borders were not secured.
Meanwhile, officials in the Israeli military’s Southern Military Command admitted that the border with Egypt was not sufficiently secured, and that the soldiers on those borders are burdened with long guard shifts of up to 12 hours, which is physically and militarily exhausting, according to the Hebrew “Wala” website.
A few days ago, the Hebrew Channel 12 revealed that the Israeli army decided to replace the military battalion on the border with Egypt, known as the “Fahd”, with another battalion called “The Elite”, to reinforce the forces on the border.
After the accident, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the repercussions of the accident.
Egyptian soldier Mohamed Salah
A spokesman for the Egyptian presidency stated that the two sides stressed the importance of full coordination to uncover all the circumstances of the incident, and the intention to continue work and coordination in the context of bilateral relations, and to strive to achieve a just and comprehensive peace and maintain stability in the region.
Egypt receives the body
It is noteworthy that Egypt received the body of the soldier who carried out the accident, and he was buried in the tombs of his family in the village of Al-Ammar, Toukh Center, in Qalyubia.
It turned out that the soldier, Mohamed Salah Ibrahim, was 23 years old, and had no political interests or religious affiliations. Rather, his hobbies were travel, travel, photography and drawing.
Egypt announced the details of the incident, as the military spokesman said that one of the security personnel in charge of securing the international border line chased the drug smuggling elements.
During the chase, the security guard breached the insurance barrier and exchanged fire, which led to the death of 3 Israeli soldiers and the wounding of two others, in addition to the death of the Egyptian security guard during the exchange of fire.
