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July 15th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Special to WorldTribune.com
GAZA CITY — The Egyptian military has flown its first air mission
over the Gaza Strip since the 1967 war with Israel.
Palestinian sources said the Egyptian Air Force sent an attack
helicopter into the Gaza Strip over such cities as Khan Yunis and Rafah on July 12.
“The helicopter came from Sinai and flew low over the tunnels and border area,” a source said.
The Palestinian news agency Safah reported that this marked the first time that an Egyptian Army helicopter entered the Gaza Strip. The helicopter, which entered Gaza at 2:30 a.m. local time, is said to have flown over the Gaza Strip for nearly an hour and returned to Sinai Peninsula.
Later, both Israeli and Egyptian security sources confirmed the report, but attributed the helicopter flight to a navigational error. Earlier, Israel granted Egypt permission for additional troops and military assets,
including the U.S.-origin AH-64D Apache helicopter, to be deployed in eastern Sinai.
The sources said the Egyptian helicopter did not encounter any other
aircraft, including those from Israel. They said the Israel Air Force
maintains persistent surveillance over the Gaza Strip.
The Egyptian mission in the Gaza Strip took place amid an Army
counter-insurgency offensive in Sinai, which Cairo said targeted Hamas
fighters. On July 12, an Egyptian officer was killed and another was injured
in an attack on a security checkpoint in El Arish.
“They [attackers] fired heavy weapons,” Egypt’s official Middle East
News Agency said.
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