Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone following Friday’s operation near Al-Aqsa Mosque that killed two Israeli police, with three Palestinian attackers also shot dead. “The president (Abbas) expressed his strong rejection and condemnation of the incident at the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque and ...
Five Egyptian policemen were killed in an attack Friday on a checkpoint in Giza province, south of the capital, police officials and state television said. The assailants struck around Badrasheen, a town some 20 kilometers from Cairo, where militants have targeted police in previous attacks.
