CAIRO: Hundred of protesters dumped thousands of Israeli embassy documents from the building housing the mission after they took down its flag and threw it to the crowd prompting Israeli ambassador to flee out of the country to head back to Israel.
Egypt’s Interior Minister Mansur al-Eissawy declared a state of high alert and the government announced it was convening an emergency meeting to deal with the crisis. Early Saturday, Israel’s ambassador flew out of the country, heading back to Israel, sources at Cairo airport told AFP.
