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Viewing cable 07CAIRO1249, EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION THWARTS PALESTINIAN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07CAIRO1249 2007-04-29 09:06 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo
VZCZCXYZ0000
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHEG #1249 1190906
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 290906Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4929
INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN PRIORITY 1619
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV PRIORITY 1435
RUEHJM/AMCONSUL JERUSALEM PRIORITY 0798
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMFIUU/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS CAIRO 001249 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PTER MEPN KPAL EG IS
SUBJECT: EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION THWARTS PALESTINIAN 
INFILTRATION ATTEMPT 
 
Sensitive but unclassified.  Please protect accordingly. 
 
1.  (SBU) An Egyptian official responsible for border 
security issues told poloff on April 27 that Egyptian 
security forces confronted two suspected Palestinian 
terrorists in a "heavily tunneled" area along the 
Egyptian-Gaza border at dawn on April 26 after Israeli 
liaison alerted them to a potential infiltration effort.  The 
official said one of the infiltrators escaped arrest and fled 
into Rafah town, where, as of April 29, he was still believed 
to be hiding.  The official said that GOE security forces 
found a suicide belt, which they believe the infiltrator 
dropped, in Rafah town. 
 
2.  (SBU) According to the official, the second infiltrator 
lost an arm and was seriously wounded after dropping 
"approximately 100" crude explosive devices when Egyptian 
security confronted him.  He remains hospitalized in the 
North Sinai town of Al Arish.  The official could not confirm 
that the two men entered Egypt via a tunnel, but said it 
appeared highly likely. 
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