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Gunfire has been exchanged at the border between Egypt and Gaza, reportedly between Egyptian guards and Israeli soldiers.
Arabic news outlets, including Al Arabiya, reported that border guards opened fire on Israeli soldiers in Rafah and they responded.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on its Telegram channel that a "shooting incident occurred" at the Egyptian border on Monday, but did not provide any other details.
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"The incident is under review and discussions are being held with the Egyptians," the IDF said.
A journalist at the Israeli KAN News channel wrote on X, formally Twitter: "An unusual exchange of fire was recorded this morning between IDF forces and Egyptian army soldiers in the Rafah crossing area. An Egyptian soldier was killed in the incident. There were no casualties on the Israeli side."
Jordanian news outlet Roya News said that the Israeli Military Censor, a unit of the IDF's Directorate of Military Intelligence, has told Israeli media not to report on the shooting.
It comes after Israel launched strikes on the city of Rafah in Gaza on Sunday, which Israel said hit a Hamas installation, killing two senior figures.
Forty-five people died in the attack, according to the Associated Press, citing the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between militant and civilian deaths. It pushes the total reported death toll in Gaza to more than 36,000.
Around half of Gaza's population has been living in Rafah, many of whom have been displaced from their homes and forced to flee as a result of Israel's war on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on October 7.
Israel's ally France said it was "outraged" by what happened in Rafah.
President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X: "These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians. I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire."
This all happened despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague ordering Israel to halt its military operation.
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The court said it was "not convinced" that Israel was doing enough to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Gaza. The ICJ also called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of Israeli hostages still being held captive in Gaza.
While rulings from the court are considered binding, there it no mechanism for enforcing them.
Israel Opposition leader Yair Lapid said at the time: "The ICJ's failure to directly link the end of the military operation in Rafah to the release of the hostages and Israel's right to defend itself against terror is an abject moral failure."
On Sunday, Hamas fired rockets at the Tel Aviv area in Israel for the first time in almost four months, according to the Associated Press.
Update 5/27/24, 11:18 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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