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Egyptian intelligence chief visited Israel days before Oct. 7 to issue security warning - report

The PMO rejected the allegations, saying the report "was denied at the time and is being recycled to manipulate the Israeli public."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Director Abbas Kamel, June 30, 2021.
 View of road 10, on the border with Egypt, April 7, 2023.

Israel Police arrest two for cross-border smuggling in massive drug bust near Egyptian border

The IDF seizes three rifles after a drone attempted to smuggle them across the Egyptian border, October 29, 2025.

IDF intercepts drone smuggling three rifles over Egypt border as Gaza ceasefire resumes

 Israeli security forces seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, February 25, 2025.

As Gaza war looms, Israel faces impending crisis on Egyptian border and the West Bank - analysis


On This Day in 1948: Israel crosses Egyptian border en route to independence

Operation Horev was the last operation on the Egyptian front during the war, helping Israel recapture the Negev and expelled the Egyptian military from Israel’s territory.

 Operation Horev, 1948

Israel testing new inspecting process at Gaza crossing, UN says

Until now, limited quantities of aid have been delivered from Egypt through the Rafah crossing, which is ill-equipped to process large numbers of trucks.

 Palestinian workers wait outside Kerem Shalom crossing after a ceasefire was agreed between Palestinian factions and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip May 14, 2023.

Pressure on Gaza border alarms Egypt as strikes close crossing

Egypt would not allow any mass exodus of Palestinians into Sinai, and saw any move to push Palestinians to migrate south as a serious threat to its security.

 Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas guard at the Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip

IDF changes protocols for units at Egypt border after attack

Saad decided that the standing positions would be replaced by mounted patrols for only 8 hours, instead of the previous 12-hour shifts, contrary to the instructions.

 View of road 10, on the border with Egypt, April 7, 2023.

How does Israel handle multi-front threats in 2023?

BORDER AFFAIRS: Egypt border incident probe results raise issues about Israel’s national security doctrine

 IDF AND rescue forces are seen close to the border with Egypt, on June 3, after three Israeli soldiers were killed there by an Egyptian policeman.

Can Israel-Egypt relations be repaired after border attack? - opinion

Tensions between Israel and Egypt are high following the killing of three IDF soldiers by Egyptian border police earlier this month.

 An IDF medical vehicle drives near the Israeli-Egyptian border after three IDF soldiers were killed in the area earlier this month.

Timeline: How the Egypt border attack unfolded minute by minute

From an alert on the fence to the killing of the terrorist, here's how the attack on the Egyptian border unfolded.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at the Egyptian border following a terror attack in which three soldiers were killed.

IDF admits to errors, reprimands officers in Egyptian border attack fiasco

The Israeli military highlighted two central failures which led to the deaths of the IDF soldiers along the Egyptian-Israeli border.

 An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 km (256 miles) northeast of Cairo, October 26, 2011

IDF soldiers thwart drug smuggling attempt at Egyptian border, two arrested

The drugs had a street value of approximately five million NIS (approximately $1,392,963.30 USD.)

 Drugs confiscated at the Egyptian border by the IDF, 09/06/23

Southern border heat - opinion

As more details emerged, it became clear that the Egyptian had crossed the border armed with a knife, a rifle, ammunition and food – and had packed a Koran in his bag.

 SOLDIERS ATTEND the funeral of St.-Sgt. Ori Itzhak Ilouz who was killed during the shooting attack on the Egyptian border.