An Egyptian soldier was injured on Friday during a confrontation with smugglers on the Egypt-Israel border.
A source confirmed that soldier Ibrahim Mansour Gad, 22, from Giza, was shot near Ouja crossing in central Sinai by Egyptian smugglers who were helping undocumented African migrants to cross to Israel.
Gad received two shots and was taken to Rafah hospital. The smugglers and African migrants fled into Sinai.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
