Egypt is sending extra forces to its border with Sudan in an effort to prevent smuggling into the Gaza Strip, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
According to Haaretz, the alleged Israeli bombing of a weapons’ convoy headed for Sudan provoked the recent Egyptian move.
“The Egyptians are patrolling the border and inspecting it,” a senior intelligence source reportedly told the newspaper.
“They weren’t doing that until now. They started doing it because of the increased international pressure to act against the smuggling. But so far, the results are only partial,” the paper quoted the source as adding.
Israeli warplanes bombed a convoy of trucks in Sudan headed toward the Gaza Strip in January, American officials told the New York Times earlier this week.
According to US sources, the January airstrike took place as an effort to stop the flow of weapons to Hamas during Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli officials have refused to confirm or deny the attack. An American official, however, denied any role in the attack on Sudan.