EL-ARISH: Egyptian authorities on Friday refused to allow an Israeli truck carrying 32 tonnes of tiles into Egypt after high radiation levels were detected in the shipment, a security official said.

Egypt stopped the Israeli truck from entering Egypt through Al-Oja border crossing [Nitzana in Hebrew] because radiation detection equipment showed a high presence of radioactive material in the cargo, the official told AFP.

The official MENA news agency reported that the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority was notified and expected to send a technical delegation to check the shipment.