Egypt Recalls Ambassador from Israel: Report

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has ordered Egypt's ambassador to Israel to return immediately in view of the escalating situation in the Palestinian territories, the official Middle East News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has cancelled a scheduled visit on Tuesday to Cairo for the worsening situation in Gaza Strip, where Israel launched air strikes late Monday night on Gaza City and other Palestinian areas to avenge a bomb attack on an Israeli settlers' school bus in Gaza which killed two Israelis and injured nine others.

The Israeli authority held Arafat's Fatah faction responsible for the blast.



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