The Israeli army began deporting members of a Bedouin tribe to Egypt on Tuesday, one week after they crossed the border seeking shelter from what they said was a blood feud with a rival clan. The Egyptian army set up a tent to receive the tribe members, who traveled across the border in buses, with their livestock loaded on trucks.
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