Israel and Egypt agreed to investigate the reports of At least 20 Egyptians soldiers who It was said that the Israeli army burned them alive during the 1967 war, according to a local media.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told him: office He will be investigated in a mass grave in middle of israel containing Organizations of Egyptian commando.
The issueLapid office He said on On Sunday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi brought it in a call After two Israeli newspapers published witness accounts indicating the presence of an unmarked tomb near Latrun, a area Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Lapid order military secretary to check issue in depth and update Egyptian officials,” he said office.
Separately, the Egyptian presidency said in A statement said the contact between the two sides included “a consensus.” for Israeli authorities to conduct a full A transparent investigation into news mentioned in Israeli press in Connection with Historical facts that happened in The 1967 war on the Egyptians soldiers buried in Jerusalem.”
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier on On Sunday, she said she had allocated her embassy in Tel Aviv to demand That Israel open an investigation to clarify the historical facts that have been raised in The media about the 1967 war.
Prominent Israeli journalist in Safety affairs last The week revealed that at least 20 Egyptians soldiers The Israeli army burned them alive.
in series of Recently, journalist Yossi Melman wrote on Twitter: “After 55 years of Severe censorship I can reveal that no less than 20 Egyptians soldiers They were burned alive and buried by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in mass grave, unmarked and unidentified in contravention of the laws of war, in Latrun. It happened during the Six Day War.”
The website of The Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published similar details, which were narrated by Melman.
Egypt has deployed two battalions of commandos in West Bank near Latrun, which is a no-man’s land. they mission It was a raid inside Israel and its capture over Lod and its environs military Melman said.
Latrun . is located on The road between Jerusalem and Jaffa, about 25 kilometers (about 16 miles) west of Jerusalem. After the 1948 war, an agreement was reached between Israel and Jordan to make it a no-man’s land.
In the 1967 war, Israel occupied and annexed Latrun, which is today a suburb of West Jerusalem. The IDF defeated the Arab armies and occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (which was under Jordanian control), the Gaza Strip (which was under Egyptian control), the Sinai Peninsula and the Syrian Golan Heights.
