Shooting near Rafah border crossing kills member of Egyptian security forces
A member of the Egyptian security forces was killed in a shootout near the Rafah border with the Gaza Strip and an investigation is ongoing, an Egyptian army spokesman said on Monday, after the Israeli army reported a border shooting.There were few details about what happened and neither country said who had opened fire. But the shooting reflects growing tension between the two nations since early May, when the southern Gaza city of Rafah became the hub of Israel's military campaign to defeat Hamas, an armed group that has carried out a deadly attack on Israel on October 7.Israeli troops took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing, the main conduit between the territory and Egypt, earlier this month.“Several hours ago a shooting occurred on the Egyptian border. The inc...