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Topic: Sinai security

May 17, 2013
11:41 pm

Egyptian soldiers ride an armored personnel carrier (APC) along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings

International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution

By Adiv Sterman and AP

May 17, 2013
12:42 pm

Egypt closes Gaza crossing following abductions

Rafah border terminal to remain closed until 7 Egyptian security personnel are released

March 25, 2013
5:32 pm

Egypt arrests 25 Hamas and al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai

Terrorists found in possession of weapons, ammunition and photos of strategic installations

By Ron Friedman

February 27, 2013
10:22 am

A Gaza smuggling tunnel. (Illustrative photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Egyptian court orders Gaza tunnels destroyed

Porous border a threat to Egypt’s security and destabilizes the Sinai Peninsula, security official says

By Gabe Fisher

February 15, 2013
7:01 am

An Egyptian watchtower overlooking the Israeli border with Egypt (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Israeli delegation visits Cairo for security talks

Defense officials reportedly hold brief meeting with Egyptian counterparts while their aircraft waits on the runway

By Ron Friedman

January 11, 2013
2:51 am

Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in the northern Sinai Peninsula (photo credit: AP/File)

Route on Egypt border closed to civilian traffic

IDF chief of staff cites security reasons for closure as violence in the Sinai Peninsula intensifies

By Philip Podolsky

November 27, 2012
2:56 pm

Egyptian army personnel guard the road outside Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, (photo credit: AP)

Egypt reportedly intercepts large weapons shipment en route to Gaza from Libya

Cache includes 185 crates full of arms and ammunition worth $3.3 million, Egyptian daily says

By Ron Friedman

October 21, 2012
10:45 pm

President Shimon Peres meets with former US president Jimmy Carter in Jerusalem on Sunday (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)

Egypt will respect peace accords, Jimmy Carter says

Former US president is on official visit to Israel to promote peace talks

By Philip Podolsky

October 14, 2012
1:32 am

President Mohammed Morsi, center, walks with officials during a visit to el-Arish on Oct. 5. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Morsi’s Israel challenge

Egypt’s new Islamist president must balance popular anti-Zionist sentiment with the need for security relations with the Jewish state

By Aya Batrawy

September 30, 2012
1:30 am

Egypt’s Copts to return to Sinai homes, says government

From the web Christian families being resettled in Rafah after fleeing because of attacks by Islamists, Reuters reports

September 23, 2012
12:56 pm

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Flash90)

No changes to Israel-Egypt peace treaty, says Liberman

Foreign minister’s comments follow Egyptian calls to amend agreement to allow increased military presence in Sinai

By Gabe Fisher and AP

August 27, 2012
3:14 pm

Militant Palestinians belonging to the Al-Ansar Brigades demonstrate in Rafah holding an Egyptian flag, July 7 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Egyptian presidency agrees to ceasefire with Sinai jihadists

Government halting Sinai military operation for a week in return for calm, daily reports

By Elhanan Miller

August 22, 2012
8:48 am

American soldiers offloading an Egyptian armored fighting vehicle during a joint exercise in Egypt in 2004. (Photo credit: Courtesy Department of Defense/Benjamin D. Olvey, U.S. Navy)

Washington calls for Egyptian transparency amid military buildup in Sinai

State Department responds to Israeli jitters over anti-terror operation, saying needed security operation should conform to peace treaty terms

By Stuart Winer and Ilan Ben Zion

August 19, 2012
4:45 pm

Bedouin in the Sinai desert in 2006. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Egypt to plant a million acres, settle a million citizens in Sinai

Agriculture and population are Egypt’s new tools to combat security woes in the peninsula

By Elhanan Miller

August 19, 2012
4:05 pm

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza, addresses the public during an open-air morning prayer to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, August 19 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Hamas calls for Egypt to cease Sinai security coordination with Israel

Gaza will remain a ‘source of calm’ for Egypt, says leader Ismail Haniyeh

By Gabe Fisher

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Sinai security

State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings

International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution

Egypt closes Gaza crossing following abductions

Rafah border terminal to remain closed until 7 Egyptian security personnel are released

Egypt arrests 25 Hamas and al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai

Terrorists found in possession of weapons, ammunition and photos of strategic installations

Egyptian court orders Gaza tunnels destroyed

Porous border a threat to Egypt’s security and destabilizes the Sinai Peninsula, security official says

Israeli delegation visits Cairo for security talks

Defense officials reportedly hold brief meeting with Egyptian counterparts while their aircraft waits on the runway

Route on Egypt border closed to civilian traffic

IDF chief of staff cites security reasons for closure as violence in the Sinai Peninsula intensifies

Egypt reportedly intercepts large weapons shipment en route to Gaza from Libya

Cache includes 185 crates full of arms and ammunition worth $3.3 million, Egyptian daily says

Egypt will respect peace accords, Jimmy Carter says

Former US president is on official visit to Israel to promote peace talks

Morsi’s Israel challenge

Egypt’s new Islamist president must balance popular anti-Zionist sentiment with the need for security relations with the Jewish state

Egypt’s Copts to return to Sinai homes, says government

From the web Christian families being resettled in Rafah after fleeing because of attacks by Islamists, Reuters reports

No changes to Israel-Egypt peace treaty, says Liberman

Foreign minister’s comments follow Egyptian calls to amend agreement to allow increased military presence in Sinai

Egyptian presidency agrees to ceasefire with Sinai jihadists

Government halting Sinai military operation for a week in return for calm, daily reports

Washington calls for Egyptian transparency amid military buildup in Sinai

State Department responds to Israeli jitters over anti-terror operation, saying needed security operation should conform to peace treaty terms

Egypt to plant a million acres, settle a million citizens in Sinai

Agriculture and population are Egypt’s new tools to combat security woes in the peninsula

Hamas calls for Egypt to cease Sinai security coordination with Israel

Gaza will remain a ‘source of calm’ for Egypt, says leader Ismail Haniyeh

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