Twenty-seven Sudanese refugees were caught infiltrating into Israel. Israeli security sources said Monday that the group of refugees was intercepted in the Negev after crossing from Egypt’s Sinai Desert on foot. Another 48 refugees from the war-torn country are already in Israeli custody.
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