Egypt on alert for anti-Israel protests | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Egypt declared a state of alert Saturday after protesters stormed the building housing Israel's embassy and clashed with police, and Israel said six staff were plucked to safety by Egyptian commandos.

Egyptian demonstrators climb on a wall recently built outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo. Egypt declared a state of high alert Saturday as police clashed with protesters who raided a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, prompting Washington to call for protection of the mission.

The attack on the embassy was the worst since Israel set up its mission in Egypt after it became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state in 1979.