Helicopter crashes on Saudi border, five injured

A helicopter of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) crashed on the border of Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

According to the report, at least five people were to be transferred to Soroka Hospital in Israel; their condition was described as serious.

Other immediately available reports suggested there were no survivors in the crash.

The MFO was established in 1981 to monitor the implementation of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.