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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Live us to send additional air defence systems to middle east after attacks on us troops - Caught on Camera

Egyptian army special forces soldiers deploy near the gate of the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in the east of North Sinai province on October 20, 2023 during a visit by the United Nations Secretary-General to oversee preparations for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-torn Palestinian enclave. © Kerolos Salah / AFP

Egypt's military spokesman on Sunday said an unspecified number of border guards sustained "minor injuries" from "fragments of a shell accidentally fired from an Israeli tank". The Egyptian army said Israel had "immediately expressed its regret over the unintentional incident and an investigation is underway". The incident came after a second convoy of aid trucks entered from Egypt into the besieged Gaza Strip. The UN agency for Palestine refugees said 29 of its staff had been killed so far in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

This blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, please click here

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