PM reveals: Israel threatened to send forces to free security officials from besieged Cairo embassy
Netanyahu was recalling the siege of the Cairo Embassy where six security officers were holed up behind a metal door in a safe room in the building, while a mob rampaged through the premises.
Burning the Israeli flag at Israel's embassy in Cairo, 2011(photo credit: GIGI IBRAHIM FROM CAIRO/WIKIMEDIA)ByHERB KEINONUpdated: