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Last update - 14:45 25/02/2008 Egyptian police shoot, wound 2 Africans trying to enter Israel By The Associated Press Tags: Egypt, Sudan, Israel  Egyptian border police on Monday shot and wounded a Sudanese and a man from Ivory Coast in two separate incidents as they tried to illegally cross into Israel, a security official and medics said. The first incident took place less than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) to the south of Rafah border crossing, when Egyptian guards shot and wounded 18-year-old Ivorian Ali Jomandi, who was trying to jump over barbed wire at the border with Israel, a northern Sinai security official said. Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday spoke out against the prime minister's instructions to relax Israel's policy on attempted infiltrators to make it easier for border troops to open fire on people trying to cross into Israel illegally. Advertisement Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday had ordered the defense establishment to step up efforts to prevent the illegal infiltration of job-seeking Africans into Israel through the border with Egypt. "Wake up," Olmert reprimanded Defense Ministry officials and Israel Defense Forces representatives, "We can no longer continue in this way, not stopping the border infiltrators," he said. Barak told ministers that the solution to the infiltration problem was to implement a policy of "warm return" - meaning that the infiltrators would be taken back to Egypt when caught by border troops. The Egyptian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the second incident occurred in the Wadi al-Azareq district, about 15 kilometers (9.4 miles) to the south of Rafah, as a group of 3 Sudanese tried to make it to the Jewish state. The border police called on them to stop but after they failed to comply, the guards opened fire, wounding one, the official said. He identified the injured as Adam Haroun Taher, 28, and said the other two were also captured by the police. Physician Imad Kharboush of the hospital emergency unit in the nearby town of el-Arish, said each of the two wounded Africans was brought in with serious bullet wounds to the right thigh but that they were in stable condition. Israel estimates that 2,800 people have entered the country illegally through its border with Egypt in recent years searching for jobs. Most have been from Africa. The last incident was only last week, when Egyptian guards shot and killed a Sudanese man among a group being trafficked across the boundary. The groups usually pay hundreds of dollars to human traffickers to help them cross Egypt's border into Israel. Related articles: Barak rejects PM call to ease rules of engagement at border Egypt police kill Sudanese migrant on Israel border Egyptian police kill two Africans during bid to cross into Israel Bookmark to del.icio.us   Chicken or the egg? A UN human rights expert says Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation. A reason to kvell Jews are America's top-earning religious group, according to a new survey.   1.   Unarmed refugees shot. Where is Natallie Durson? 16:22  |  Joe Sittizen 25/02/08   2.   Why are there still poor in Africa?! 21:33  |  Sarah 25/02/08   3.   Nr 1, No, they aren`t, they just want invade Isarel Slowly 04:34  |  Cristo 26/02/08   4.   Through the Walls 03:18  |  ISee All 27/02/08

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