Israeli drone involved in Sinai attack

Two senior Egyptian security officials have admitted that an Israeli drone strike were involved in Sinai attack on Friday, according to Washington Post.

The attack killed five suspected militants and destroyed a rocket launcher in Egypt’s largely lawless peninsula.

The attack came a day after Israel briefly closed its airport in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, close to the Sinai, in response to unspecified security warnings. Eilat was previously targeted by rocket fire from the Sinai.

An Egyptian military spokesman has denied the report but did not provide another cause for the explosion.