Egypt Protests Killings, Demands Israeli Probe

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CAIRO | Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:12am EDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt lodged a formal protest with Israel on Friday over the killings of three members of its security forces during an Israeli raid to hunt down attackers who had killed eight Israelis.

An Egyptian army officer and two other security men died when Israeli forces launched an operation to pursue militants who had launched attacks on the border in southern Israel on Thursday. Seven other security men were injured.

"Egypt has filed an official protest to Israel over the incidents at the border yesterday (Thursday) and demands an urgent investigation over the reasons and circumstances surrounding the deaths of three of Egypt's forces," the Egyptian army said in a statement after a meeting of the ruling military council.

The circumstances of the deaths were not immediately clear. The army said it had launched its own investigation.

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