Up-sell shooting incident close to the Egypt-Israel border has resulted within the deaths of three Israeli soldiers and left others injured. Early on Saturday, a male and a female soldier were found lifeless at an army post after failing to respond to calls. A third Israeli soldier and the alleged attacker, recognized as an Egyptian policeman, had been killed during a subsequent search operation. The incident took place simply hours after a drug smuggling attempt had been foiled at the border.
An Israeli military spokesperson, Col Richard Hecht, revealed that medication worth 1.6 million shekels (US$400,000) were seized after an individual used a ladder to cross the fence. Hecht instructed a connection between the drug smuggling try and the later shootings. The Israeli military said, “An investigation is being conducted in full cooperation with the Egyptian military.”