Following Friday’s noon prayers, 200 people have started gathering at the Israeli embassy in Cairo to protest Israel’s murder of an Egyptian army officer and two soldiers in Sinai yesterday.

Israeli troops killed all three Egyptians while apparently chasing Palestinian militants on the Egyptian side of the border between the two countries.

The attack came hours after unknown armed men ambushed an Israeli bus near the town of Eilat on the Red Sea, killing 10 Israelis and injuring 27.

The protesters are calling on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador to Egypt and have threatened to prevent him from entering the embassy in the meantime.

So far, Egypt's ruling military council is yet to issue an official statement on the incident.