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Last update - 10:40 30/01/2008 Report: Egypt thwarts suicide terror attack against Israel By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Terror, Egypt, Palestinians  Five Palestinian terrorists carrying explosives belts and reportedly planning a suicide attack against Israel were apprehended by the Egyptian authorities recently in recent days, the Egyptian daily al-Ahram reported Wednesday. The report came a week after Palestinian militants blew holes in the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Egypt, prompting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to pour across the breached frontier. Al-Ahram reported Wednesday that Egypt has successfully sealed the breach, after several failed attempts, and intends to erect a new border fence equipped with technological advances in order to "absolutely prevent infiltration, in keeping with the national security of Egypt." A Advertisement ccording to the report, the five Palestinian suspects are currently being questioned by Egyptian security officials. Other Palestinians were caught in Egypt with blueprints of the border crossings between Israel and Egypt, including the location of security posts and deployment of security personnel along the crossings. The Egyptian authorities also discovered sniper rifles and explosives among the suspects' things. Al-Ahram also reported Wednesday that several other Palestinians had tried to bribe Egyptian guards to allow them to cross border checkpoints with explosives without being searched. According to the report, Egypt has announced that all Palestinians must leave Egypt before the beginning of next week. Related articles: Palestinian stabs Border Policeman in north Jerusalem attack0 Hamas, Egypt cooperate in resealing Gaza border; U.S. peace envoy arrives Officials: Israel won't let Gaza border breach threaten security Israel demands that Egypt restore order at Gaza-Egypt border Bookmark to del.icio.us   Painful lessons The IDF has already learnt lessons of the Second Lebanon War. Brothers in guilt 'We are all guilty; is an effective summary of the final Winograd report.   1.   Hamas still terrorists? OH NO! 09:59  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 30/01/08   2.   Well done Egypt.! Keep it up...! 10:17  |  Stephen. 30/01/08   3.   What a stupid nation and government Israel IS? 10:26  |  Khalil Ishabib 30/01/08   4.   Suspend your disbelief? 10:26  |  John 30/01/08   5.   Encouraging 10:29  |  MarkC 30/01/08   6.   Just like when Jordan discovered Hamas arms 10:29  |  Hamaza Saber 30/01/08   7.   Extremist Islamist thugs, like the murderers of Anwar Sadat 10:31  |  Theodor 30/01/08   8.   Good for Egypt 11:08  |  KUTW 30/01/08   9.   TRY TO REGAIN ITS "REPUTATION" 11:10  |  indrajaya 30/01/08   10.   Margie 1 11:26  |  Guido 30/01/08   11.   Action speaks louder than words 12:14  |  Natallie Durson 30/01/08   12.   Egypt and the Arab refugees problem. 12:21  |  Harold Lane 30/01/08   13.   To all Hebrew readers 12:39  |  Gil 30/01/08   14.   ONCE the news does not follow the Hamas script- 13:02  |  PETER SM 30/01/08   15.   KHALIL ISAHIB.Jerusalem Israel.Stupid?? They stopped your suicide 13:07  |  PETER SM 30/01/08   16.   GUIDO (Again) nobody said FREELY,tunnels,bribes,smugglers 13:32  |  PETER SM 30/01/08   17.   The Fabricated tricks of the Left Appeasement Policies Failures 13:34  |  Joseph . E 30/01/08   18.   # 3 Khalil....this was reported on Egyptian 14:14  |  Lynn 30/01/08   19.   # 9 Indy...good fences make good neighbors 14:20  |  Lynn 30/01/08   20.   Give Me A Break 14:28  |  Mark 30/01/08   21.   Speculation. They are innocent until proven guilty 14:36  |  POP 30/01/08   22.   Maybe dumb but not stupid 14:37  |  Baz Mann 30/01/08   23.   So Egypt,too has a security fence 15:22  |  Hastaroth 30/01/08   24.   bad luck, they didn`t kill them on the spot 15:27  |  maurice 30/01/08   25.   Egypt 16:07  |  Yosi 30/01/08   26.   Egypts Border 16:13  |  Abu Halil bin yusuf 30/01/08   27.   #24 - Maurice - they were armed "brothers" 16:35  |  William 30/01/08   28.   2 Durson 16:48  |  Ilya 30/01/08   29.   2 Durson 16:49  |  Ilya 30/01/08   30.   Thank you Egypt. Blessings be upon you. 17:01  |  Virginia 30/01/08   31.   natallie durston,"israel has killed far more civillians over the 17:32  |  terrornator 30/01/08   32.   #21 POOP your nothing but a lier,just like all your brothers 17:38  |  terrornator 30/01/08   33.   Egypt and the PA fight terrorism against Israel - this is nice 17:40  |  Conroy 30/01/08   34.   EGYPTS SHOW FOR BUSH AID $$$$$$$$$$$ 17:45  |  Petra 30/01/08   35.   #22 Baz Mann "hamas is neither dumb nor stupid".sorry to 17:45  |  terrornator 30/01/08   36.   Hamas has no respect for Egypt 18:10  |  Jo 30/01/08   37.   joseph e. nothing to do with left or right 18:13  |  michael 30/01/08   38.   Hamaza Saber- you are unbelievable, which box do you live in??? 18:14  |  Josh 30/01/08   39.   # 20 Mark...I was watching a report on tunnels 18:23  |  Lynn 30/01/08   40.   To all the people who post on Haaretz.com 18:26  |  Mo 30/01/08   41.   To Petra and Indrajaya et al 18:42  |  Hila 30/01/08   42.   Natalie: Israel tolerates attacks more than any other nation 18:59  |  Avi 30/01/08   43.   Writing skills do not make up for being 95% wrong 19:07  |  Avi 30/01/08   44.   It is a little late for this now but every terrorist killed is... 19:18  |  Avi 30/01/08   45.   Definition of Terrorism 19:22  |  Natallie Durson 30/01/08   46.   #39 So What`s Your Point? 19:39  |  Mark 30/01/08   47.   #3 KHALIL in Jerusalem holding an Israeli ID 21:24  |  with both hands 30/01/08   48.   # 37 michael " It`s Not a War Crime in this case " 23:25  |  Joseph . E 30/01/08   49.   Once Egypt called Gaza part of Egypt RIGHT ??? 04:53  |  M. S. 31/01/08

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