CAIRO: Four officials from the Israeli embassy in Cairo returned to Israel on Thursday, after a short trip to assess damage at the mission headquarters after it was attacked by protesters, a report said.
The consul and three other officials have left Cairo for Tel Aviv "after a three-day visit to assess the premises of the embassy following the events that took place around two weeks ago," the official MENA news agency reported.
The Sept. 9-10 attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo forced the evacuation of staff including ambassador Yitzhak Levanon.
Crowds smashed through an external security wall, tossed embassy papers from balconies and tore down the Israeli flag.
It was the worst incident since Israel set up its mission in Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with the Jewish state in 1979.
It was also the latest episode in worsening relations between Egypt and Israel since the killing of six Egyptian policemen on their common border as Israel hunted militants after a deadly attack last month.
Three people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded, including 300 policemen, during clashes between protesters and the security forces outside the embassy and the nearby security directorate.
