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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211; Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:35AM</div>
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<div class="photosReel1"><img title="An Egyptian man stands in front of a burning armored vehicle in central Cairo on January 29." src="https://i2.wp.com/previous.presstv.ir/photo/20110129/aghaie20110129073059187.jpg" alt="" /></div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">The Israeli embassy on the top floor of a tower block in Cairo</div>
<div id="divLead">Israel  has pulled its embassy staff out of Egypt as the outpouring of public  protest against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak&#8217;s government shows no  sign of remission.</div>
<p>Helicopters evacuated the embassy staff to an Egyptian airbase,  where they were flown back to Tel Aviv. The evacuation came after a  group of Egyptian demonstrators passed by the embassy building,  according to the daily <em>al-Quds al-Arabi</em> newspaper.<br />
Reports also said the Israeli ambassador, himself, has fled Egypt  after the discovery by Egyptian security of a Mossad spy network in the  capital Cairo.</p>
<p>On Thursday, an Israeli minister, whose name was withheld, said  Egyptian government forces will have to exercise force to rein in public  protests as the country teeters on the brink of a Tunisia-style  revolution.</p>
<p>Egypt, which is widely regarded as the first Arab nation to seal a  peace agreement with Israel three decades ago, remains one of Tel Aviv&#8217;s  most important allies.</p>
<p>Israel&#8217;s Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom told reporters on  Thursday that Tel Aviv is closely monitoring the still-unfolding crisis  in Egypt, and does not see a threat in its ties with the African state.</p>
<p>The two sides have cooperated in imposing restrictions on Palestinians living in the impoverished occupied territories.</p>
<p>Tens of thousands of demonstrators have flocked the streets of Cairo  and other parts of Egypt since Tuesday as part of the biggest  anti-government protests in years, demanding the ouster of Mubarak after  three daces in power.</p>
<p>Despite a night-time curfew in major cities across Egypt, protesters  spilled out into the streets of several cities and were seen in  significant numbers even in the early hours of Saturday morning.</p>
<p>On Friday, Mubarak sacked his cabinet and called for national  dialogue in an attempt to staunch the flow of public outcry over  poverty, high unemployment rates and rampant corruption.</p>
<p>Medical sources say at least 27 people have so far been killed and  over a thousand injured in clashes in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria.</p>
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