Egypt finds weapons in Sinai
More evidence of Egypt's poor border control -- it seems Hamas has been gathering a rather large arsenal to smuggle into Gaza:
Egyptian security forces uncovered an immense munitions cache near the Israeli border, the London published newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday.
An Egyptian official assessed that the 266 rockets, 51 mortar shells, 21 grenades and 43 mines uncovered in northern Sinai were meant to be smuggled to Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip.
Israel is responding by building a barrier at the Israel-Egypt border:
...there has been concern that other terrorists, including members of Hizbullah cells believed to be in the Sinai, would also try to use this section of the frontier to cross into Israel.
"The border with Gaza is basically hermetically sealed," a defense official explained Tuesday. "That is why we are concerned that the terrorists will try to infiltrate via the Egyptian border."
The Arab world likes to criticize "fortress" Israel. But Israel is surrounded by enemies and can't afford to let her guard down. This is one of those cases where good fences make good neighbors ... or at least protect you from the bad ones.







