3 Israeli soldiers were killed along the Egyptian border, military says

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An Israeli soldier cries outside a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border on Saturday.

A gunbattle involving an Egyptian police officer in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers dead, the army said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.

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