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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.
The Gaza based Islamist group did not specify the circumstances of the accident but vowed to continue building tunnels and carry out operations against Israel.
37 Islamists sentenced to death, while hundreds more handed life sentences, accused of preaching Jewish Talmud by court.
The Islamist insurgency in the Sinai peninsula has grown since the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule.
By REUTERS
Morsi was previously sentenced to death, although that sentence was overturned.
By HAITHEM AHMED/ REUTERS
Violence against police in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have increased since the 2013 ouster of Morsi.
The case involves 156 people on trial and is known as the "Kerdasa incident" in reference to the pro-Muslim Brotherhood neighborhood where violence took place in 2013 uprisings.
Al-Jazeera, Huffington Post's Arabic website among 21 sites blocked for being affiliated with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood or for being funded by Qatar.
Morsi was sentenced to death in June 2015 in connection with a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising.
The court on Saturday also said the death penalty had been approved for six others accused alongside Morsi, including three journalists sentenced in absentia.
The new parliament will be dominated by an alliance loyal to President Sisi.
The Cairo criminal court sentenced Morsi to death over a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak as well as life imprisonment for giving state secrets to Qatar.
Human Rights Watch report issued year after Sisi took presidency, says his tenure had seen increased abuses, escalation in violence by armed groups and the gov't.
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