67975770 Egypt decided not to withdraw its ambassador from Israel
Egyptian authorities announced that a message of Egyptian television to withdraw its ambassador from Israel fell into the air by mistake. This was reported August 20 the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz". According to an official statement of Cairo, the head of the Israeli diplomatic mission is called in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the talks. According to Reuters, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he regretted the deaths of five Egyptian soldiers near the Israeli border. A senior source, whose name and position of "Haaretz" does not, told reporters that the aim was to prevent the statements of Barack expulsion of the Israeli ambassador. Egyptian soldiers were killed on August 18. Cairo immediately blamed for the deaths of the soldiers of Israel. According to the Egyptian authorities on the military opened fire on board an Israeli military helicopter. Israel has claimed responsibility for the deaths of soldiers, both parties intend to conduct a thorough investigation. Incident was preceded by attacks on Israeli territory. The country's authorities said that militants could infiltrate into Israel via Egypt, taking advantage of lack of border security.
