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Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Drug Smuggler Near Egypt Border

Egyptian borders (circulated photo/ Asharq Al-Awsat)
Egyptian borders (circulated photo/ Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Drug Smuggler Near Egypt Border

Egyptian borders (circulated photo/ Asharq Al-Awsat)
Egyptian borders (circulated photo/ Asharq Al-Awsat)

Israeli soldiers on Wednesday shot dead a person who was trying to smuggle drugs into Israel from Egypt, the Israeli army said.

The soldiers were dispatched after spotting suspects in two separate locations on the border and then opened fire, the army added in a statement, without elaborating.

The border between Egypt and Israel stretches some 255 kilometers, making it difficult for security patrols to fully stop smugglers.

Drug smuggling attempts along the Israel-Egypt border have become a nearly weekly occ Israeli soldiers on Wednesday shot dead a person who was trying to smuggle drugs into Israel from Egypt, the Israeli army said.

The soldiers were dispatched after spotting suspects in two separate locations on the border and then opened fire, the army added in a statement, without elaborating.

The border between Egypt and Israel stretches some 255 kilometers, making it difficult for security patrols to fully stop smugglers.

Drug smuggling attempts along the Israel-Egypt border have become a nearly weekly occurrence.

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Monitor Says Israel Hits Air Defense Bases in Syria 

Israeli missiles struck two air defense bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday. (Reuters file)
Israeli missiles struck two air defense bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday. (Reuters file)
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Monitor Says Israel Hits Air Defense Bases in Syria 

Israeli missiles struck two air defense bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday. (Reuters file)
Israeli missiles struck two air defense bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday. (Reuters file)

Israeli missiles struck two air defense bases in southern Syria overnight, a war monitor said Tuesday, as tensions surge on Israel's northern border after a deadly rocket strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights related to the opposition, reported no casualties in the overnight strikes in Daraa province, which abuts the armistice line separating Syrian and Israeli forces on the Golan.

Syria's state-run media did not report any strikes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a "severe" response to Saturday's strike, which killed 12 youths in Majdal Shams, a Druze Arab town in the Golan.

Israel has accused Hezbollah of an attack on a football field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah has, however, denied any responsibility for the attack.

"The State of Israel will not, and cannot, let this pass. Our response will come and it will be severe," he said on a visit to the town of Majdal Shams on Monday.

He was greeted by protests during the visit, which came after mourners gathered in the town to bury the last victim, 11-year-old Guevara Ibrahim.

Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said a flurry of diplomatic activity has sought to contain the anticipated Israeli response.

"Israel will escalate in a limited way and Hezbollah will respond in a limited way... These are the assurances we've received," Bou Habib said in an interview with Lebanese broadcaster Al-Jadeed.