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Egypt situation: why i think these are rogue elements who attacked the IDF As we read reports of some egyptian soldiers starting a firefight with the IDF and reports of an Egyptian brigade general making statements to Al Jazeera there is still no reason to believe Egypts government would want to attack Israel. It is more likely they are rogue Egyptian soldiers acting against orders from command. Remember the incident earlier with an Egytptian borderguard crossing into the Negev and attacking two Israeli's? Also Egypt stands to loose so much if they were to attack Israel. Because of the peacetreaty Egypt gets yearly billions in economic and military aid from the USA. Aid that is badly needed now that income from the Suez Canal is down and tourism is down. Egypt and Israel have also had a decent security cooperation for years that benefitted Egypt as well. The IDF even helped Egypt twice militarily by taking out terrorists in the Sinai through dronestrikes years ago. Egypt's government would risk its own survival when they would lose both the aid and the cooperation with Israel and when Egyptian forces in the Sinai would be defeated by Israel Under the peacetreaty Egypt only has limited forces in the Sinai who are no match for the IDF. As we speak probably there is diplomatic contact between Israel, Egypt and the USA . Also intelligence sources will be used to see if there are any Egyptian army movements, whether orders were given for the attack etc. More likely I think these might be rogue soldiers acting on their own. Dont forget, peace with Egypt has always been a cold peace, not supported by the population, only one between governments. But it is a developing story so time will tell