A security source in South Sinai on Wednesday said Egypt handed over the body of an Israeli smuggler who was killed during a firefight with security forces on the border between the two countries.
He added that the Egyptian authorities transferred the corpse to Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing south of Rafah.
Security forces had foiled a smuggling operation on the Egyptian-Israeli border on Tuesday after clashing with the suspects, killing an Israeli wearing a military uniform, an Egyptian and wounding a third person.
The Israeli was of Palestinian descent and was born in 1986.
