File photo: Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaking to the media during a news conference in Gaza City (Photo: Reuters)
The Hamas government has tightened security on the border of the Gaza Strip after the kidnapping of seven Egyptian security officers at dawn Thursday.
In a statement released Thursday noon, the Islamist Gaza rulers condemned the kidnapping of the Egyptian officers, dubbing it “an act of cowardice.”
The group also offered to assist Egyptian security to find the kidnappers behind the operation and bring them to justice.
The kidnapped officers include one member of the armed forces, four port security officers, and two state security officers.
They were abducted at a checkpoint near the Green Valley — on a road connecting Rafah and Al-Arish — in North Sinai, Reuters reported.
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