An Israeli tank killed three Egyptian policemen on the Gaza Strip border, mistaking them for Palestinian terrorists. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apologized to Egypt’s president for Thursday’s incident in Rafah, a tinderbox town on the Gaza-Egypt border that sees regular arms smuggling and clashes.
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