Israel Boosts Ties With Egyptian Army as U.S. Mulls Cuts
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Israel is working closer with Egyptian forces to fight militants in Sinai even as top ally U.S. weighs cutting aid to Egypt over a crackdown against Islamists that has killed almost 1,000, former diplomats and officials said.
Attacks on Egyptian security personnel in Sinai on the border of Israel’s southern tip have intensified in the weeks following Islamist President Mohamed Mursi’s July 3 overthrow, with gunmen killing 26 policemen there today alone. Islamist militants also claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Israel’s resort city of Eilat.