Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Defense Ministry and other relevant bodies to formulate recommendations to eliminate the weapons smuggling across the Egypt-Israel border, and present the recommendations to him within two months. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Defense Ministry and other relevant bodies to formulate recommendations to eliminate the weapons smuggling across the Egypt-Israel border, and present the recommendations to him within two months.
The instruction came ahead of an emergency discussionheld Wednesday by the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which focused on the increase in drones crossing from Egypt into Israel carrying weapons and military equipment. Arutz Sheva - Israel National News has been informed that during the closed part of the meeting, security sources told the Committee that over the past two weeks, 50% of all drones have been shot down, at a rate of approximately 90 per week.
The session was convened following MK Succot's request to committee chairman MK Boaz Bismuth, amid a dramatic increase in recent months in the number of smuggling incidents involving hundreds of drones carrying weapons and military equipment from Egypt into Israel. (Read More)
