An Egyptian policeman has been reportedly killed on Friday in a gunfight near the border with Israel and another officer is in a coma after being shot in the head.
Security officials said that it was not still known who had attacked the police officers, AFP reported.
The shooting comes as Israeli and Egyptian forces have been sweeping the area looking for gunmen behind the recent deadly attacks on Israeli soldiers.
On Thursday, gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israeli soldiers while a rocket was fired at another bus near the Red Sea resort of Eilat, near the Egyptian border.
The incident left at least eight people dead and dozens of others injured. The Israeli military claimed they had pursued the attackers and killed seven people in a gun battle with those involved in the attacks.
Israel's Minister of Military Affairs Ehud Barak claims that the coordinated attacks were organized in the Gaza Strip and threatened a “full force” response against the Palestinians in the besieged territory.
The democratically-elected government of the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in Gaza strongly rejected the allegations and warned against any act of aggression against the enclave.
