Israel Defense Forces troops on Saturday night shot and killed one of two suspects attempting to carry out a smuggling operation along the Egyptian border, within Israeli territory.
According to the military, the suspects tried to ram the soldiers with their vehicle. Troops opened fire, killing one suspect and apprehending the other. No Israeli soldiers were injured.
The detained suspect was transferred to security forces for further questioning.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee is set to convene on Oct. 15 for an urgent discussion about drone infiltrations on the Jewish state’s southern border with Egypt.
Between July 16 and Aug. 25, the Israel Defense Force’s Paran territorial defense brigade recorded 384 incidents of drones breaching the border. During the same period, there were 248 sightings of smugglers on the Egyptian side and 254 on the Israeli side, according to the Ynet report.
