It is now being reported that the Egyptian border officer who was killed by gunfire died as a result of IDF gunfire, but the investigation points to errors by the Egyptian troops, not the IDF.
Apparently, the Egyptian border force decided to cross the border after detecting a infiltrators. After entering the border zone, they spotted IDF soldiers, believing they were the infiltrators, opening fire. The soldiers immediately returned fire, resulting in the death of an Egyptian officer.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)