Israeli military says gunman kills 2 soldiers along Egyptian border

Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979 and maintain close security ties..

A shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border killed two Israeli soldiers on Saturday, the army said, in a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier...

The exchange of fire reportedly took place around the Nitzana border crossing between Israel and Egypt..

The crossing is located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the point where Israel's border with Egypt and the Gaza Strip converge..

Israel built a fence along the porous border a decade ago to halt the entry of African migrants and Islamic militants who are active in Egypt's Sinai desert..

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