Egypt's state tv announced following a cabinet meeting today Saturday cabinet decision read out by Egypt's information minister Osama Heikal to recall Egypt's ambassador from Israel.

The decision came in the wake of the ‎escalated tensions between the countries.

Earlier today, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported that Egypt had decided to recall its ambassador from Israel to protest ‎the deaths of five Egyptian policemen killed on the Israel-Egypt border during retaliatory attacks on ‎Palestinian resistance forces. ‎

However, other sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language portal, said an “unintentional ‎mistake” was behind the “rumour.” The cabinet's decision was aired on Egypt's national TV.

More than two thousand Egyptians gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo Friday ‎night to protest against the killing of five Egyptian soldiers in Israeli border attacks.‎

A few hundred sat-in at the embassy’s headquarter until the next day, requesting the ‎ouster of the Israeli ambassador from Egypt.‎

For its part, the Egyptian administration demanded in a strongly-worded statement an ‎official apology from Israel for the unfortunate incident, whom is currently investigating the incidents.‎