Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reports 17 implicated in espionage for Israel have been detained by Egyptian security forces .
Newspaper suggests some of the suspects are diplomats.
Egyptian sources say case has been placed under a gag order.
Egyptian security forces have arrested 17 people of different nationalities on suspicion that they were part of an alleged Israeli spy ring, Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reported Tuesday.

Israel-Egypt border – Photo: AFP
According to the report, which has not been corroborated by any official Egyptian source, the suspects were part of an espionage ring operating in Cairo, Alexandria and other major Egyptian cities.




Last Friday, Palestinian Authority (PA) religious leader Sheikh Omar Abu Sara’a delivered a sermon at the Al Aqsa Mosque in which he lambasted the PA for being so weak as to actually negotiate with the Jews.



