Egypt Vows Strong Response to Sinai Attack

Publisher:
Al Jazeera
Publication Date:
5 August 2012
Tags:
Egypt, Conflict, Peace and Security, Governance

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is promising a strong response after an attack on a security checkpoint along the Egyptian-Israeli border. More than a dozen Egyptian soldiers died in the assault near Rafah border crossing. The gunmen reportedly tried to smash their way across the frontier into Israel. Al Jazeera's Rhodry Davies reports.

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