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Palestinian relatives carry the body of two-year-old Malek Shaat, killed along with five others yesterday in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza, on August 19, 2011. Israeli fighter jets bombed Gaza in retaliation to a series of coordinated attacks on August 18 near the southern Israeli sea resort of Eilat that left eight dead. UPI/Ismael Mohamad 
Published: Aug. 24, 2011 at 1:36 PM

CAIRO, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Egyptian activists said they are calling for a million-man march in the Israeli Embassy in Cairo to call on authorities to kick the Israeli envoy out.

Six Egyptian soldiers were killed last week during an Israeli raid that was carried out in response to attacks allegedly from militants who crossed into Israel from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

The attackers were allegedly wearing Egyptian uniforms when they stormed Israeli targets, killing eight people in the border town of Eilat.

The attack was allegedly carried out in coordination with a group calling itself al-Qaida in the Egyptian Sinai, though it was unclear if the group has working ties with al-Qaida central or Hamas.

Demonstrators at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo say they are calling for a million-man march Friday to oust the Israeli envoy, Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reports.

Cairo denied that gunmen were using its territory to launch attacks on Israel, adding it wanted to discuss a joint investigation into last week's raid with the Israelis.

The Arab League in its statement said Israeli bears "full responsibility" for what it said were crimes committed against Egypt.

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