Egyptian patrol ambushed by smugglers near Gaza
Published yesterday (updated) 11/11/2009 19:28
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Bethlehem - Ma'an - Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian patrol shortly after it
seized contraband cement intended for Gaza, leaving one officer and five
soldiers wounded, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

The security source mentioned by The Associated Press said Egyptian security
forces were searching for a smugglers warehouse in the mountainous area in
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, south of the Rafah border crossing.

The security forces, travelling in a convoy of two armored vehicles and
almost twelve police vans, seized 200 tons of cement intended by smugglers
to be transported into Gaza via a network of tunnels, according to a local
security official.