A court in the Egyptian capital of Cairo has sentenced 26 alleged members of a Hezbollah cell in Egypt accused of planning attacks on tourists and smuggling weapons into neighbouring Gaza, the Palestinian territory.<br /><br />Three of them have been sentenced to life in prison, while the other 23 received jail terms ranging from 6 months to 15 years.<br /><br />Hezbollah is a Lebanon-based group that was formed in the 1980s to resist Israeli occupation and has been engaged in numerous wars with Israel.<br /><br />Amr El-Kahky reports from Cairo.<br /><br />[April 28, 2010]
