Egypt moves 5000 security personnel to Gaza border

Posted by Robert on October 29, 2006 6:46 PM

Tensions rising. From the [1] Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:

Egypt on Saturday deployed no less than 5,000 security personnel on the Gaza border, news agencies reported.

Officials in Cairo said the move came in response to reports that Israel planned to intensify action to weed out smuggling tunnels, including bombing them from the air.

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/10/egypt-moves-5000-security-personnel-to-gaza-border.html

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