Egyptian Parliamentary Committee Urges Recall Of Israel Envoy In Response To IDF Strikes On Gaza

[Purveyor]

The Egyptian parliamentary committee for Arab affairs decided on Monday to urge the Egyptian government to recall its ambassador to Israel, Yasser Rida, from Tel Aviv, and to deport the Israel's ambassador in Egypt, in response to the IDF strikes on Gaza since Friday.

Sources in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said that the decision was taken unanimously, but that the significance of the decision is being investigated.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/egyptian-parliamentary-committee-urges-recall-of-israel-envoy-in-response-to-idf-strikes-on-gaza-1.418031

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Thats pretty serious

I can't recall them calling out an Ambassador before (in recent memory, that is)

[azurnoir]

2. second time this has happened in less than a year

it happened last August when IDF accidentally shot Egyptian police officers will chasing terror suspects just over the border in Sinai

Demanding an apology, Egypt's cabinet was quoted as saying Cairo held Israel politically and legally responsible and was summoning the Israeli ambassador.

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The latest violence began on Thursday when gunmen attacked Israeli buses.

Eight people were killed in the attacks, near the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat.

Egyptian officials say Israeli forces chased the suspected militants across the border, and a number of people were killed - including the policemen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14600357

Egypt relented after Israel apologized for the shootings