Netanyahu says Egypt peace stands despite embassy riot
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will stick to its peace treaty with Egypt despite the attack on its embassy in Cairo.
He was speaking after protesters stormed the Israeli embassy on Friday, prompting the evacuation of nearly all Israeli diplomatic staff.
Egypt is on alert after the attack, in which three people died as security forces fought rioters in Cairo.
Cairo says those involved in the attack will be tried in an emergency court.
Anti-Israeli feeling rose after violence on the Gaza border last month.
Five Egyptian policemen were killed as Israeli forces pursued militants who had killed eight Israelis.
The US state department said it was "deeply concerned" about the attack on the Israeli embassy and relieved no staff had been injured.
Urging Egypt to safeguard the security of all foreign embassies on its territory, it stressed that both Israel and Egypt were "key partners and allies" of the US.
The clashes at the Israeli embassy, which carried on throughout Friday night, have shocked people both in Egypt and abroad, the BBC's Bethany Bell reports from the Egyptian capital.
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