Israel apologizes to Egypt for the killing of soldiers

The Israeli army killed six Egyptian soldiers near the border two months ago (Reuters - Archive)

Office said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday that the latter apologized to Egypt from the Egyptian soldiers killed six Israeli forces fire across the border two months ago.
The incident, which occurred during Israel's response to militants killed eight Israelis on the road to a border in August / August has caused the worst diplomatic row between the two countries since the popular revolution that overthrew the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last February.
The office said the Israeli defense minister said in a statement that after a joint investigation with the Egyptian army, Barak decided to "apologize to all of Egypt died from the Egyptian police in the performance of their duties as a result of fire launched by our troops."
Earlier, a senior intelligence official told Reuters that the Egyptian high-level talks on this issue between the two sides in the past few days, although Egypt has renewed "its demand for an apology from the Israeli border incident."
It is noteworthy that Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries to have signed a peace treaty with Israel.
 
Source: Reuters