Five Palestinians headed for Cairo were arrested Wednesday in an ambush inthe Be’r al-Abd area in North Sinai.
State-run news agency MENA quoted a source as saying that preliminary investigations revealed that the five Palestinians entered Egypt through tunnels from Gaza.
The source added that all of the detainees were referred for questioning.
Egyptian authorities have accused Palestinians of involvement in criminal operations in Sinai. News reports last month said army and police forces arrested Palestinians allegedly linked to an attack perpetrated by armed Islamists on a police station in Arish on 29 July that claimed five lives.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
