Netanyahu threatened raid to rescue Israelis in Cairo embassy in 2011
JERUSALEM- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he threatened to send Israeli commandos into Cairo in 2011 to rescue a number of Israeli security staff besieged by demonstrators who had stormed the mission.
Netanyahu's remarks, at a ceremony in Israel's Foreign Ministry to mark the country's annual memorial day, added a new twist to the incident.
It ended with the rescue of the six guards by Egyptian forces after President Barack Obama and other top US officials intervened at Israel's behest
