Near the border with Egypt, three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian guard were killed. Netanyahu demands a thorough investigation.
The Egyptian military said the three Israeli and one Egyptian security faculty had been killed in a trade of fire as the Egyptian security official pursued runners across the outskirts.
Ankush Pandey
Israel and Egypt reported that three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian security guard were killed on Saturday near the border in an unidentified incident.
The nations said they were mutually examining the matter.
After Israeli forces successfully thwarted an overnight smuggling attempt, the Israeli military claimed that an Egyptian policeman shot and killed two of its soldiers while they secured a military post at the Egyptian border early on Saturday. It said the Egyptian official and a third Israeli fighter were killed hours after the fact in a showdown inside the Israeli region.
According to Major General Eliezer Toledano, the chief of the Israeli military's Southern Command, the military treated the incident as a terrorist attack as soon as the bodies of the two soldiers were discovered.
The Egyptian military claimed that the Egyptian security officer had been pursuing smugglers across the border when he fired on three Israeli and one Egyptian personnel.
According to the Israeli military and two Egyptian security sources, officials from both countries are investigating the circumstances of the incident in full cooperation.
"The deadly episode at the Egyptian boundary during the time of rest is serious and uncommon and will be totally explored," Israel's Head of State Benjamin Netanyahu said in a proclamation.
According to the Israeli military, the Egyptian officer's method of crossing the border fence was a mystery, and soldiers were searching the area for any additional attackers.
A spokesperson for the Israeli military stated that two soldiers had been shot while on duty on Saturday morning in a relatively desolate area along the desert border with Egypt. The spokesperson added that after they failed to answer the radio, their bodies were discovered later.
According to the report, soldiers identified an infiltration into Israeli territory once the military learned of the ongoing incident. This led to a gunfight in which the assailant, an Egyptian policeman, and the third Israeli soldier were killed.
Israel, according to Toledano, "will not leave any question unresolved," including the possibility that the overnight smuggling activity contributed to the shooting.
Israel's Guard Pastor Yoav Chivalrous said he led an evaluation with the head of staff and that the military "will research the occasion as required".
The Egyptian armed force said its protection serve Mohamed Zaki gave his sympathies in a call with Courageous and the two examined going to important lengths to stay away from a rehash of the line shooting occurrence.
Egypt was the first Arab nation to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, and the border, which is more than 200 kilometers (124 miles) long, has largely remained calm.
Even though drug smuggling attempts were common in the region, the most recent known infiltration into Israel that resulted in casualties occurred approximately ten years ago, according to an Israeli military spokesperson.
