JERUSALEM – A helicopter with the U.S.-led Multinational Force andObservers (MFO) in the Egyptian Sinai crashed on Thursday near the resorttown of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing seven members of the peacekeeper force,the MFO said.
Those killed were five Americans, a French national and a Czech national,all of them military service members, the MFO said in a statement. It addedthat one American MFO member survived and was medically evacuated.
An earlier statement had said that eight peacekeepers were killed,including six Americans.
