Hyderabad, Nov. 6 -- Israeli defence minister Israel Katz on Thursday, November 6, announced that the military zone along the border with Egypt will be closed.

"We are declaring war. Anyone who enters the restricted area will be harmed,"Katzsaid during a discussion late Wednesday. The move to close the border comes after alleged attempts to steal drones from the military area.

According to Anadolu, the defence minister agreed with the Shin Bet Chief, David Zinni, to classify alleged attempts to smuggle weapons through the border with Egypt as a "terrorist threat" to help the security services "to use appropriate tools to combat it."

In a post on X, Israel Katz said, "I have instructed the IDF to designate the area adjacent to the Israe...