Three Israeli soldiers and Egyptian security officer killed in shootout at Israel-Egypt border

Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian border guard were killed in a gunbattle along Israel's southern border with Egypt.
The violence began when soldiers thwarted a drug-smuggling attempt across the border.
Two soldiers were shot and killed in a guard post, and a third soldier was killed in a second exchange of fire with the Egyptian border guard.
The incident took place near the Nitzana border crossing, which is used to import goods from Egypt to Israel or the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979 and maintain close security ties, and fighting along their shared border is rare.