BREAKING NEWS

Israeli diplomat maintains evacuated Cairo embassy

A diplomat has been left behindto maintain its Cairo embassy after evacuating the ambassadorand dozens of other staff and their families on Saturday, anIsraeli official said.
The diplomat, identified as the consul for state affairs andAmbassador Yitzhak Levanon's deputy, will remain in Egypt whileIsrael weighs a response to overnight demonstrations duringwhich the Cairo office tower housing the mission was overrun,the official said.