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Eight peacekeepers dead in Sinai helicopter crash

The American, French and Czech members of the peacekeeping force crashed conducting a routine mission and one US soldier survived.
An aerial view shows the Sinai mountains of the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A helicopter crash on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula left eight peacekeepers dead on Thursday.

The helicopter belonging to the Multinational Force and Observers was conducting a routine mission near the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Eight soldiers died, six from the United States, one from France and one from the Czech Republic. One American soldier survived and was medically evacuated from the scene, the Multinational Force and Observers said in a statement.

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