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Israel Warns Egypt Not to Enter Air Space
Associated
Press | January 10 2005
JERUSALEM -- Israel has asked Egypt to prevent its planes
from entering Israeli air space near the southern port of Eilat, officials
said, warning that if an attack is suspected, an intruding plane might be
shot down.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
the usual flight paths of Egyptian planes heading for Jordan cross near
Eilat, but often the planes deviate from the route and enter Israeli air
space.
Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington,
Israel has been wary of a similar attack against one of its cities involving
a plane crashing into a building. Eilat, a Red Sea resort, has a row of
high-rise hotels.
The officials said Israel has scrambled jet interceptors
and aimed Hawk anti-aircraft missiles at planes approaching Eilat. While
Israel would not hesitate to shoot down a plane that appeared to be heading
for an attack, they said, an innocent plane could also be mistakenly targeted.
The officials said Egypt has not responded to urgent Israeli
messages, and the overflights continue. Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman,
Ahmed Izzat, said he had no knowledge of the Israeli request.
Eilat is at Israel's southernmost tip, at a place where
the borders of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia converge.
