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Topic: terror cells in Sinai

March 25, 2013
5:32 pm

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

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

March 10, 2013
3:36 pm

Illustrative photo of a missile (photo credit: Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Sinai Islamists fire long-range missile

Egyptian military sources says jihadist group fired projectile with 45-kilometer range during drill; Israeli reported arrested in peninsula

By Gabe Fisher

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

September 24, 2012
2:15 pm

The Sinai Peninsula (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich/Times of Israel)

Egypt sentences 14 to death for 2011 Sinai attacks

The convicted men, to be hung, are members of an al-Qaida affiliated group

By Gabe Fisher

September 24, 2012
1:23 pm

Southern Command chief Tal Russo, far right, arrives at the scene of the terror attack on Har Harif on Friday. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Egypt threatens to cut off IDF’s hand if it enters Sinai

Member of supreme military council says there is no need for Israel to enter peninsula to calm terror activity

By Ilan Ben Zion and Gabe Fisher

September 23, 2012
7:08 pm

IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz visiting a combat brigade, August 2012 (photo credit: DOTZ/Flash90)

IDF chief says threats at border with Egypt will continue even after fence is finished

Benny Gantz tours site of Friday’s attack in which Netanal Yahalomi was killed, meets soldiers who fired back and killed three terrorists

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 23, 2012
11:04 am

A soldier guards infrastructure work on the Israeli Egyptian border fence in 2011 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Al-Qaeda-inspired group says Sinai attack revenge for anti-Islam film

Sinai-based Ansar Jerusalem claims responsibility for shooting which left one Israeli soldier dead

By AP and Times of Israel staff

September 16, 2012
11:37 am

Egyptian armored vehicles in Sinai (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)

3 soldiers injured in Islamist attack on Sinai security HQ

Army clashes with militants in Sheikh Zuweid following Friday assault on international peacekeepers’ base

By Gabe Fisher

September 16, 2012
11:04 am

Following Friday attack on peacekeeping forces, Egyptian army strikes at Sinai militants

Armored vehicles, helicopter used in assault on Sheikh Zweid gunmen

By Gabe Fisher

September 11, 2012
11:51 am

The Egyptian flag flies from the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Terror gangs said to be planning to attack US and Israeli embassies in Cairo

Egyptian newspaper prints intelligence documents listing the names of Gazan and Egyptian Islamists who are preparing the strikes

By Gabe Fisher

August 29, 2012
1:30 pm

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

Egypt broadens Sinai campaign against militants

From the web Reuters: Egypt’s military said on Wednesday that it will redeploy forces in the peninsula to hunt for terrorist elements

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

August 14, 2012
10:10 pm

Sinai (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Egypt sentences 14 to death over 2011 Sinai terror attacks

Members of the al-Qaeda linked Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group convicted for killing five policemen and a civilian

By Michal Shmulovich

August 12, 2012
1:30 pm

Three Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai car chase

Vehicle overturns during pursuit of ‘armed criminals’ in troubled peninsula as government cracks down on terror groups

August 8, 2012
11:21 pm

A concrete shelter at Kerem Shalom, a tiny kibbutz at the convergence of Israel's borders with Gaza and Egypt (photo credit: Times of Israel/Matti Friedman)

In the border kibbutz brushed by terror, an understated resilience

Squeezed between Hamas-ruled Gaza and the increasing anarchy of Sinai, residents of Kerem Shalom somehow seem to take Sunday’s attack in stride

By Matti Friedman

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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: terror cells in Sinai

Egypt arrests 25 Hamas and al-Qaeda operatives in Sinai

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

Sinai Islamists fire long-range missile

Egyptian military sources says jihadist group fired projectile with 45-kilometer range during drill; Israeli reported arrested in peninsula

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 sentences 14 to death for 2011 Sinai attacks

The convicted men, to be hung, are members of an al-Qaida affiliated group

Egypt threatens to cut off IDF’s hand if it enters Sinai

Member of supreme military council says there is no need for Israel to enter peninsula to calm terror activity

IDF chief says threats at border with Egypt will continue even after fence is finished

Benny Gantz tours site of Friday’s attack in which Netanal Yahalomi was killed, meets soldiers who fired back and killed three terrorists

Al-Qaeda-inspired group says Sinai attack revenge for anti-Islam film

Sinai-based Ansar Jerusalem claims responsibility for shooting which left one Israeli soldier dead

3 soldiers injured in Islamist attack on Sinai security HQ

Army clashes with militants in Sheikh Zuweid following Friday assault on international peacekeepers’ base

Following Friday attack on peacekeeping forces, Egyptian army strikes at Sinai militants

Armored vehicles, helicopter used in assault on Sheikh Zweid gunmen

Terror gangs said to be planning to attack US and Israeli embassies in Cairo

Egyptian newspaper prints intelligence documents listing the names of Gazan and Egyptian Islamists who are preparing the strikes

Egypt broadens Sinai campaign against militants

From the web Reuters: Egypt’s military said on Wednesday that it will redeploy forces in the peninsula to hunt for terrorist elements

Hamas calls for Egypt to cease Sinai security coordination with Israel

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

Egypt sentences 14 to death over 2011 Sinai terror attacks

Members of the al-Qaeda linked Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group convicted for killing five policemen and a civilian

Three Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai car chase

Vehicle overturns during pursuit of ‘armed criminals’ in troubled peninsula as government cracks down on terror groups

In the border kibbutz brushed by terror, an understated resilience

Squeezed between Hamas-ruled Gaza and the increasing anarchy of Sinai, residents of Kerem Shalom somehow seem to take Sunday’s attack in stride

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