IDF says troops killed suspected smuggler on Egyptian border

Israeli troops killed a suspected smuggler on the Egyptian border overnight between Saturday and Sunday, according to the military.

The IDF says that it spotted two suspects in a car on the Israeli side of the border who were trying to use a drone for smuggling.

In recent months, there have been frequent attempts to bring weapons and drugs over the Egypt border using drones. The drones are sent from the Israeli side into Egypt, where they are loaded up with contraband and sent back over the border.

Troops of the Border Defense Corps’ Caracal Battalion were dispatched to the scene and began a “suspect arrest procedure,” the IDF says. The military says two suspects approached the forces in a suspicious manner and were perceived as a threat. The troops then opened fire on them.

Both suspects were hit, one of whom later died of his injuries, a military source says.