Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday referred two ‘Israelis’ and one Ukrainian accused of arms smuggling to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court.

Egypt's prosecutor general on Monday referred two ‘Israelis’ and one Ukrainian accused of arms smuggling to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court, his office said.

The Ukrainian and one ‘Israeli’ are in custody, while the other ‘Israeli’ will be tried in absentia, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

One of the ‘Israelis’ -- who are both of Arab origin -- crossed the Taba border terminal from the Occupied Territories into Egypt and was found to be carrying weapons and ammunition in a wooden case, the official MENA news agency reported.