Israel's military said on Thursday it shot down a drone smuggling weapons from Egyptian territory to Israel on Wednesday.
The Border Between Egypt and Israel in the Negev © Mena Today
Israel's military said on Thursday it shot down a drone smuggling weapons from Egyptian territory to Israel on Wednesday.
Israeli officials have said during the war that Palestinian armed group Hamas used tunnels running under the border into Egypt's Sinai region to smuggle arms.
Egypt says it destroyed tunnel networks leading to Gaza years ago and created a buffer zone and border fortifications that prevent smuggling.
Reporting by Jana Choukeir
Israel’s main opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot seized on Donald Trump’s announcement that US security funding to Israel will end, calling it proof that Benjamin Netanyahu can no longer be trusted and must be replaced.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year.
Moody’s has raised its growth forecasts for the Israeli economy, but cautions that the stronger headline figures overstate the health of domestic activity.
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