According to Israeli Channel 2, Egyptian Air Force F-16s were authorized to fly over the Gaza-Israel border area, as part of the military operations Cairo’s military is conducting against terrorist groups in the Sinai Peninsula.
It was the first time since Cairo and Tel Aviv signed the peace agreement in 1979.
Last month, a similar authorization was granted to Egyptian Apache helicopters used to strike armed group sites in the same area.
Egyptian Army is quite active in southern part of the Gaza Strip: in the last few days the Egyptian army targeted a number of tunnels that, from Egypt, lead to the Rafah city.
Top image shows F-16 over Cairo protests in 2011
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