Israeli army spokesperson releases photos of soldiers killed in exchange of fire with Egyptian officer

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Israeli army spokesman for Arab media, Avichai Adraei, published, on Saturday evening, pictures of the three Israeli soldiers who were killed in an exchange of fire with an Egyptian security officer.

This came in a tweet by Adraee on his official Twitter page, commenting: “Pictures of the three IDF soldiers who were killed by the terrorist’s fire in the morning in the Faran Brigade on the Egyptian border: Staff Sergeant Uri Yitzhak Iluz… Staff Sergeant Ohad Dahan… Sergeant Leah Ben Noun… We extend our deepest condolences to the bereaved families.”

The Egyptian Minister of Defense, Mohamed Zaki, had made a phone call with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, to discuss the circumstances of the cross-border shooting incident, according to a statement by the Egyptian army spokesman, Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez.

The Egyptian army’s statement, published on Facebook, said: “Lieutenant General / Mohamed Zaki, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production, made a phone call to the Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, to discuss the circumstances of today’s accident, offer condolences to the victims of the accident from both sides, and joint coordination to take the necessary measures. measures to prevent such incidents from recurring in the future.