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September 10, 2011, Saturday
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ISRAEL'S ambassador to Egypt and some 80 diplomats were evacuated this morning after Egyptian protesters raided the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Jerusalem media reported overnight.
The Israeli ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, with his staff and their families, had left Egypt aboard an Israeli military aircraft, the Ynet news site reported. The aircraft landed on a military base in Israel around 4am local time (GMT 0200) following the emergent evacuation, a local source said.
Yesterday's clashes outside the Israeli embassy continued into the night. The diplomats were transferred to the airport in a secret operation under tight security.
One diplomat was left behind to maintain the embassy, who was identified as the consul for state affairs and deputy ambassador and would remain in Egypt while Israel weighs a response to the overnight demonstrations, the Jerusalem Post quoted an official as saying.
"Of course we're trying to take our people out of danger," Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said early today. "We're still monitoring the situation and trying to work through it by any possible channels," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed US President Barack Obama overnight on the embassy attack in Cairo, while Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged his US counterpart to pressure Egyptian authorities to protect the Israeli embassy.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets yesterday to demand more reforms. Several thousands of them gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protest against the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by Israeli forces at the border area on August 18.
A protestor took down the Israeli national flag on the top of the building after other demonstrators destroyed a section of a concrete wall that protects the building.
The Israeli ambassador Yitzhak Levanon, with his staff and their families, had left Egypt aboard an Israeli military aircraft, the Ynet news site reported. The aircraft landed on a military base in Israel around 4am local time (GMT 0200) following the emergent evacuation, a local source said.
Yesterday's clashes outside the Israeli embassy continued into the night. The diplomats were transferred to the airport in a secret operation under tight security.
One diplomat was left behind to maintain the embassy, who was identified as the consul for state affairs and deputy ambassador and would remain in Egypt while Israel weighs a response to the overnight demonstrations, the Jerusalem Post quoted an official as saying.
"Of course we're trying to take our people out of danger," Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said early today. "We're still monitoring the situation and trying to work through it by any possible channels," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed US President Barack Obama overnight on the embassy attack in Cairo, while Defense Minister Ehud Barak urged his US counterpart to pressure Egyptian authorities to protect the Israeli embassy.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets yesterday to demand more reforms. Several thousands of them gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protest against the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by Israeli forces at the border area on August 18.
A protestor took down the Israeli national flag on the top of the building after other demonstrators destroyed a section of a concrete wall that protects the building.
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