Egypt border post attackers came from Gaza: MENA

A fence is pictured along Israel's border with Egypt in February 2012. Gunmen who killed up to 15 Egyptian border guards on Sunday near the border with Israel were "jihadists" from the Islamist-run Gaza Strip, official media quoted a top security official

Gunmen who killed up to 15 Egyptian border guards on Sunday near the border with Israel were "jihadists" from the Islamist-run Gaza Strip, official media quoted a top security official as saying.

They had infiltrated from Gaza through tunnels working with "jihadist elements" in Egypt to launch the attack, MENA news agency cited an unidentified official as saying.