Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, mentioned the incident may spur additional warnings from Cairo to Israel.
Shell fragments from an Israeli tank have hit the Egyptian border, injuring at the least seven individuals together with a number of Egyptian border guards, in response to the militaries of each international locations.
The incident occurred late Sunday, with the Israeli navy confirming that it “by accident” hit the Egyptian place close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
“The incident is being investigated and the main points are underneath evaluation. The IDF [Israeli army] expresses sorrow concerning the incident,” the Israeli navy mentioned in an announcement, giving no additional particulars.
A spokesperson for the Egyptian navy confirmed the incident, however didn’t state what number of of its personnel have been injured.
The wounded individuals have been taken to hospital, a witness and a medical supply mentioned. Witnesses reported listening to a blast adopted by the sounds of ambulances deployed from the Egyptian facet.
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst in London, mentioned the incident may spur additional warnings from Cairo.
“This might, actually, result in additional Egyptian warning to Israel that it must chill out its indiscriminate and horrific bombing on Gaza that’s positively getting uncontrolled,” Bishara mentioned.
The analyst added that there’s each public and institution anger towards Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, however that Egypt is “handcuffed” by Israel in coordinating humanitarian help to Gaza with Tel Aviv.
In response to Egyptian media, witnesses mentioned the Israeli strike wouldn’t disrupt the passage of help to Gaza.
The unintended blast occurred simply hours after a second convoy of aid trucks entered the Egyptian facet of the Rafah border crossing to go in direction of Gaza.
A primary convoy of 20 vehicles had entered the besieged enclave a day earlier, however help officers are warning that provides of meals, water and gas are nonetheless working low.
Israel had prevented help from getting into the crossing because it continued to bomb the Gaza Strip for greater than two weeks, in response to an incursion by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7.
UN officers say at the least 100 vehicles a day are required in Gaza to answer the disaster.
Earlier than the outbreak of recent events, a number of hundred vehicles had been arriving there every day.