Egyptian officials say an Israeli arrested along border

Egypt arrests Israeli along border

JERUSALEM — Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli citizen as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants, the Israeli military said Monday.

They had no further information on his identity. An Egyptian security official said the Israeli had no identification papers and no money but told his investigators he was a journalist reporting on African migrants sneaking into Israel from Egypt.

The Israeli military said it was trying to secure the man’s release.

A medical official in the Egyptian city of Rafah said the 30-year-old Israeli hurt his hand on the barbed wire fence as he tried to cross the border.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the arrest.

Smugglers aid hundreds of African migrants to cross into Israel every year from Egypt.