Secret file and reaction. Mass Grave of Egyptian Soldiers Burned Alive by Israel Causes Big Trouble (Picture)

A parking lot near Mini Israel Park has gone from being the busiest in Israel to being the most famous after it was revealed that the remains of dozens of Egyptian elite forces still lie beneath it.

News published by the Hebrew press about a mass grave near Latrun of Egyptian paratroopers who died in the 1967 war caused a sensation in Egypt and Israel, after which the leaders continued.

Historical history according to the Jewish press:

according to Newspaper Yediot Ahronot In June 1967, many years before the founding of the popular park (Mini Israel), a bloody battle erupted here and in the fields adjacent to Kibbutz Nakhshon, with the outbreak of war – Israeli army and border police fighters against large Egyptian commandos that Egypt deployed to Jordan, and the commandos were supposed to surprise the IAF and attack airports as they sailed into Israeli territory, but they were equipped with outdated information when they realized there was no airport in Ramla and started attacking every car and everyone they saw , but in the end, the Egyptians were trapped in no man’s land in the Ayalon Valley, and dozens of Egyptian soldiers, perhaps up to 100, were killed in this sector over a period of six days. wars, and since the fighting stopped, something had to be done with their bodies.

Last Friday, Israeli journalist Yossi Melman reported on the massacre of at least 20 Egyptian soldiers during the 1967 war, which he wrote in a series of tweets on Twitter: “After 55 years of heavy censorship, I can report that at least 20 Egyptian soldiers were burned alive and buried by the Israeli army in a mass grave, unmarked and unidentified, in violation of POW laws, in Latrun (near Jerusalem) during the 1967 war.

Regarding the reasons for the presence of Egyptian soldiers in the area, Melman pointed out that “the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, a few days before the start of the war, signed a joint defense agreement with King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan, who controlled the West Bank”, further: “Egypt placed two commando battalions in the West Bank near Latrun. Their task was to attack Israeli territory and capture Lydda and nearby military airports. There was a shootout with soldiers and members of the IDF. kibbutz Nakhshon (Joint Agricultural Group), and some of them were captured.. when at one point the Israeli army fired mortars and set fire to thousands of uncultivated acres of the desert in a dry summer.. At least 20 Egyptian soldiers died in a forest fire.

An Israeli journalist quoted 90-year-old Zein Baloch, the military commander of Kibbutz Nachshon, as saying: “The fire quickly spread through the hot and dry bush, and the Egyptians had no chance of surviving.”

Bloch continued, “The next day, Israeli soldiers armed with a bulldozer arrived at the scene, dug a hole, buried the bodies of the Egyptian soldiers, and covered them with earth.”

Details similar to those mentioned by Melman were published on the website of the Israeli newspapers Yediot Ahronot and The Jerusalem Post.

Egyptian position:

– Following this news, Egypt announced that its embassy in Tel Aviv would contact the Israeli authorities to investigate the veracity of reports of mass graves of Egyptian soldiers who were burned alive by Israel during the 1967 war, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said in a statement. in response to a question about what was reported in the Israeli press in connection with the historical facts that took place in the 1967 war, that “the Egyptian Embassy in Tel Aviv was tasked to liaise with the Israeli authorities to investigate the truth about what is being circulated in the media, and demand an investigation to ascertain the veracity of this information and promptly inform the Egyptian authorities with the relevant details.” follow this issue.”

– Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi raised reports of mass graves of Egyptian soldiers who were burned alive by Israel in the 1967 war in a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, as with Egyptian presidential spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi, explained that “there was an agreement that the authorities would establish that the Government of Israel conducted a full and transparent investigation of reports in the Israeli press in connection with historical facts that took place during the 1967 war, about Egyptian soldiers buried in Jerusalem, and that that Lapid confirmed that the Israeli side will consider this issue in a positive and transparent manner, and there will be communication and coordination with the Egyptian authorities regarding the development of this issue in order to get to the bottom of the truth.

Israeli position:

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid instructed his military secretary, Avi Gil, to verify information published by the Yediot Ahronot newspaper about a mass grave of Egyptian paratroopers from the Six-Day War period, which is located under the Mini Israel car park in the Latrun area. .

Source: RT + “Yedioth Ahronot” + “i24”