NORTH SINAI, Egypt: Dozens of Egyptian demonstrators today staged a protest outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo over the killing of seven Egyptian soldiers. Other Egyptian soldiers were wounded in clashes between Egyptian military forces and Israeli forces on the Egypt-Israel border. The protestors called on the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) to close the embassy. Coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Lifting the Israeli Siege on Gaza Magdi Ahmed Hussein and Safwat Hegazy, an Islamic preacher, asked SCAF to take immediate action against Israel for the force used in Egyptian territory against Egyptian nationals. They also asked SCAF to condemn the Israeli siege on Gaza. The protestors demand that the Israeli ambassador to Cairo be fired, the Israeli embassy be closed, and gas exports to Tel Aviv halt. “What Israel perpetrated hadn't happened since the signing of the Camp David Convention,” said Hussein. “Today's protest is just the beginning of public escalation until the closing of the Israel embassy,” he added. “The ruling military Council is calling for self-control but the Egyptians cannot do so,” said Hegazy.
