High-profile Israeli officials expressed their frustration of what they described as serious escalation against Israel in Egypt. They criticized allowing inciting the citizens against Israel, which strongly increased since the ousting of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The campaign against Israel started 18 months ago, not just after the recent events, which erupted on the Israel-Egyptian borders and led to the death of a number of Egyptian soldiers, the officials added in declarations on the Israeli public radio station. The Israeli newspaper said sources confirmed the Israeli ambassador did not apologize. It added the ambassador expressed Israel's apology for the death of the Egyptian soldiers on the borders. Sources told the radio Tel-Aviv conducted calls with Egyptian leaders through diplomatic channels.
