Cairo - Israel has deployed about 3,000 dogs on the Egyptian-Israeli border, witnesses said on Thursday.

The dogs were deployed in the centre of the Sinai peninsula to protect the advanced early warning radar system Israel recently received from the US.

The dogs are also intended to prevent Africans trying to migrate into Israel to find jobs.

Since the beginning of this year, more than 25 Africans have been shot dead by Egyptian security forces, while dozens were detained for attempting to cross the border into Israel through the central Sinai region. (dpa)