The killing of an Egyptian soldier along the Gaza border poses new risks for an already tense relationship between Israel and Egypt.
It was another close call. When a clash between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers near Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip left one Egyptian dead, it raised the specter — yet again — of a spark that would set off a conflagration across the Middle East. Both countries moved swiftly to contain the fallout, a sign of the durability of their decades-long diplomatic ties.
' The killing of the soldier has ratcheted up anti-Israel sentiment in a country that has never managed more than a so-called 'cold peace' with its neighbor, despite being the first Arab nation to sign on a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. 'There are 115 million Egyptians who are not happy with what's happening in Gaza,' Ragheb said. 'They're watching it every day on television screens.
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