A Sudanese man was killed when the Egyptian military fired on a group of migrants attempting to cross the border into Israel, Channel 10 reported Friday.
Three others were seriously injured and were taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center for treatment, the report said. It wasn’t clear what happened to the remaining 20-odd members of the group.
Tens of thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese have sought asylum in Israel over the past few years.
There are an estimated 50,000 African migrants currently in Israel, most of whom do not have official status.
A border fence equipped with sensors that alert on infiltration attempts was completed in 2012. The fence was built to stymie the stream of African migrants and, to a lesser extent, to stop the smuggling of controlled substances from Sinai into Israel.
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In a separate incident on Thursday, Egyptian troops fired on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip, killing one, Maan news reported, citing local health officials. A Hamas Health Ministry spokesman said the man killed was Firas Mohammad Miqdad, 18, from Rafah.
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