Yasser Reda Ali Abdullah Said, the ambassador in , was recalled by the Egyptian government yesterday, who claim that the countries' 1979 peace treaty had been breached by the killing of five Egyptian security personnel as Israeli forces pursued cross-border raiders. Attacks inside Israel which killed eight Israelis led to what Reuters describes as the most acute crisis in ties between the countries since  was overthrown in February, with Egyptian troops being killed in a subsequent shootout between Israeli soldiers pursuing the militants along the Israeli-Egypt border. A few hundred Egyptians burned Israeli flags and tore down metal barriers, at the Israeli embassy in  , demanding the expulsion of the Israeli envoy. The Egyptians had also recalled their ambassador in on previous occasions, such as Israel's 1982 invasion of  and during the heavy Israeli shelling of the  in 2000. Citing concern about security in the , the Israelis said the attackers infiltrated from the Gaza Strip, which is run by  , through the Egypt-controlled Sinai Desert, despite Egyptian security's attempts to find the radicals.
Yasser Reda Ali Abdullah Said, the Egyptian ambassador in Israel , was recalled by the Egyptian government yesterday, who claim that the countries' 1979 peace treaty had been breached by the killing of five Egyptian security personnel as Israeli forces pursued cross-border raiders. Attacks inside Israel which killed eight Israelis led to what Reuters describes as the most acute crisis in ties between the countries since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February, with Egyptian troops being killed in a subsequent shootout between Israeli soldiers pursuing the militants along the Israeli-Egypt border. A few hundred Egyptians burned Israeli flags and tore down metal barriers, at the Israeli embassy in Cairo , demanding the expulsion of the Israeli envoy. The Egyptians had also recalled their ambassador in on previous occasions, such as Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and during the heavy Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip in 2000. Citing concern about security in the , the Israelis said the attackers infiltrated from the Gaza Strip, which is run by Hamas , through the Egypt-controlled Sinai Desert, despite Egyptian security's attempts to find the radicals.
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