Occupied Jerusalem: Attackers on Egypt’s Sinai peninsula opened fire on Israeli soldiers across the border on Wednesday, wounding two, the Israeli military said.
Islamist militants are active in the peninsula, which borders southern Israel, though assaults across the fenced frontier are rare.
The attackers fired guns and an anti-tank missile at the Israelis, the military said in a statement.
“Two soldiers were injured by fire directed at them from Egypt,” it added, without identifying the attackers.
Egyptian security sources said Egyptian forces later clashed with several gunmen who had likely attacked the Israeli border patrol. No casualties were reported in the confrontation, and there was no immediate comment from the Egyptian military.
