AKIPRESS.COM - An Israeli man reportedly working on a border fence between Israel and Egypt was shot and killed on Tuesday when gunmen in Egypt opened fire at him, officials from both countries said, according to New York Daily News.

It was a rare incident of violence along the normally quiet border and reflected the threat that both face from both criminal trafficking rings and Islamic militant groups operating in the area.

The Israeli military said the man was shot and fatally wounded and died as he was being rushed to a hospital. It declined to say what he was doing, but Israeli media said he had been a contractor working on the fence. The military said the incident “does not appear to be connected to terror activities.”