Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke Monday, about the attack in the south during a meeting with his Polish counterpart, Tomasz Siemoniak, in Tel Aviv:

“We are still in the midst of a terrorist attack in the south. The attack was directed against a construction site for the border fence. There are injuries on our side, and there are injuries amongst those who perpetrated this attack. The situation is still unclear and the incident is not over.  We will provide a full report when it is over.

We are talking about a physical attack on the site of the border fence. Just yesterday, two rockets were fired at Israel into the southern part of the Negev. We see here a disturbing deterioration in Egyptian control in the Sinai.  We are waiting for the results of the election.  Whoever wins, we expect them to take responsibility for all of Egypt’s international commitments, including the peace treaty with Israel and the security arrangements in the Sinai; swiftly putting an end to these attacks.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)