Egyptian border guards shot and injured an Eritrean woman Saturday as she tried to cross into Israel without a permit, Egyptian security sources and medics said.

Security officials told Ma’an that the woman attempted to cross the border two kilometers south of Kerem Shalom crossing.

The undocumented migrant ignored border guard’s warnings to stop, and forces shot her twice in the knee, officials said.

The woman was taken to an Egyptian hospital for treatment. She told officers that she wanted to enter Israeli for work and that she had paid smugglers to assist her to cross the border without a visa, security sources added.