Officials: Israeli drone strike kills 5 in Egypt

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Israeli drone strike killed five suspected Islamic militants and destroyed a rocket launcher in Egypt's largely lawless Sinai Peninsula on Friday, two senior Egyptian security officials said, describing a rare Israeli operation carried out in its Arab neighbor's territory.

The attack came a day after Israel briefly closed its airport in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, close to the Sinai, in response to unspecified security warnings. Eilat was previously targeted by rocket fire from the Sinai.

Israel maintained official silence about the strike, suggesting that if the Jewish state was involved, it might be trying to avoid embarrassing the Egyptian military. An Egyptian military spokesman later denied the report but did not provide another cause for the explosion.

Egypt's official MENA news agency said an explosion destroyed a rocket launcher set up near the border to launch attacks against Israel, and at least five Islamic militants were killed. But it did not elaborate.

Bodies of the slain militants were charred from the blast, an Egyptian official said. He said four of the dead appeared to belong to a family called el-Menaie whose members are wanted for several terrorism-related charges.

"Next to the bodies, there were rockets and a motorcycle that turned into pieces," the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to speak to journalists.

A tribal leader in the area said that an Egyptian helicopter flew over the site a few minutes after the drone strike. The Egyptian security officials told The Associated Press that the drone had been flying near the site of the attack since early Friday on the Israeli side of the border and fired from there. Those on the Egyptian side of the border could hear the drone buzzing overhead for hours, they said.

The site of the strike sits some five kilometers (three miles) from the Israeli border.

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[Gary and Alla 3,694]

We gave those things to Isreal to kill Muslims?

drones make an audible "buzz"? seems kind of "un stealthy"

[Pooky 3,837]

We gave those things to Isreal to kill Muslims?

drones make an audible "buzz"? seems kind of "un stealthy"

Israel make their own.

And most drones are stealthy because they are small, don't have to carry a pilot and are designed in such a way as to minimize radar returns.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Some people!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Israel make their own.

And most drones are stealthy because they are small, don't have to carry a pilot and are designed in such a way as to minimize radar returns.

Oh, OK cool. Do you find it unusual that they get used overwhelmingly for killing Muslims? I wonder what would happen if a Muslim country got these and started using them to kill US citizens in New Jersey? OK, wait, in Ohio. Would we still call them "terrorists" if they were killing suspected Democrats with drone strikes? Or is there some level at which it ceases to be terror and becomes...nice

Hopefully they would have noisy ones. Colorado is being proactive on this and working on legislation to issue a "drone hunting license"

Edited August 11, 2013 by Gary and Alla

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Oh, OK cool. Do you find it unusual that they get used overwhelmingly for killing Muslims? I wonder what would happen if a Muslim country got these and started using them to kill US citizens in New Jersey? OK, wait, in Ohio. Would we still call them "terrorists" if they were killing suspected Democrats with drone strikes? Or is there some level at which it ceases to be terror and becomes...nice

Hopefully they would have noisy ones. Colorado is being proactive on this and working on legislation to issue a "drone hunting license"

Did you miss the part of the OP which indicated that the now dead Muslims were preparing to launch an attack?

I don't think that their religious beliefs were the basis of getting blown up.