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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis

Illustrative: In this August 6, 2012 file photo, Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt. (AP/Ahmed Gomaa, File)
November 25, 2021, 2:19 pm
Egypt sentences 22 terror convicts to death by hanging
Suspects found guilty of committing 54 jihadist attacks, including the murder of a senior police officer and attempted killing of former interior minister
By AFP
In this frame grab from Egyptian State Television, a blindfolded Hisham el-Ashmawi is escorted by Egyptian military officers and placed in a vehicle after being taken off a military plane at an airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 2019 (Egyptian State Television via AP)
March 4, 2020, 2:42 pm
Egyptian army says high-profile Islamic jihadist executed
Hisham el-Ashmawi, who left the military in 2011 and became a leader in driving attacks on officials, had been affiliated with Islamic State, al-Qaeda terror groups
By Samy Magdy
In this frame grab from Egyptian State Television, a blindfolded Hisham el-Ashmawi is escorted by Egyptian military officers and placed in a vehicle after being taken off a military plane at an airport in Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 2019 (Egyptian State Television via AP)
March 2, 2020, 3:52 pm
Egypt sentences 37 to death for terror, including Islamic State affiliate leader
Defendants said involved in killings of top cops, bombing Cairo police headquarters
By Agencies
Illustrative: Defendants in Egypt listen to their verdict from a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
February 1, 2020, 1:29 pm
Egypt weighs death sentences for 37 Islamic State jihadists
Among those who could be executed are Hisham el-Ashmawi, a former army officer who became a prominent leader in the extremist group
By Samy Magdy
An explosion during an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt, on January 9, 2017. (Islamic State Group in Sinai/AP)
January 4, 2019, 2:49 am
For first time, Egyptian president confirms Israel helping fight Sinai jihadists
Sissi says cooperation closer than ever in CBS interview Cairo has subsequently attempted to quash
By ToI Staff
View of the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, on November 24, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
November 25, 2017, 7:44 pm
Mosque attack is a testament to Egypt’s impotence in Sinai
For now Cairo may be able to afford to let insurgents and local tribes battle it out, but eventually the terrorists will hit closer to home
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)
April 20, 2017, 4:26 pm
Egypt army says senior Islamic State cleric killed in Sinai
Airstrikes in peninsula reportedly kill 18 jihadists from group responsible for Palm Sunday attacks against Christians
By AFP
The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations against Syria while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. (US Navy/Ford Williams)
April 20, 2017, 2:19 pm
Israeli officials: US gave 2-hour warning before striking Syria
Activists hold mass pot protest outside Knesset; US defense chief lands in Israel, will meet Netanyahu Friday
By ToI Staff
Yoram Schweitzer
February 14, 2017, 2:42 pm
Yoram Schweitzer
The rocket attack on Eilat: Why now?
The Islamic State’s Sinai Province faction has the will, if not the means, to ratchet up attacks on Israel
Illustrative. The Iron Dome anti-missile battery fires a defensive shell near Beersheba during Operation Pillar of Defense. (Edi Israel/Flash90)
February 8, 2017, 11:15 pm
Iron Dome intercepts three rockets from Sinai headed for Eilat
Five people treated for anxiety attacks, but no other injuries or damage caused by projectiles fired from Egypt; incident comes hours after mortar shell strikes Golan Heights
By Judah Ari Gross
Smoke rises after an airstrike in the Sinai city of Rafah as seen from Gaza on July 1, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90)
November 8, 2016, 12:03 am
50 IS fighters said killed by Egyptian army shelling in Sinai
Sky News Arabic says artillery barrage in north of peninsula left dozens more operatives wounded
By ToI Staff
Smoke rises after an airstrike in the Sinai city of Rafah as seen from Gaza on July 1, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90)
October 23, 2016, 12:48 pm
Egyptian air force hammers Sinai jihadists, 70 said killed
Pre-dawn strikes on Islamic State-aligned group injure another 70, destroy vehicles
By Stuart Winer
Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 29, 2016, 2:51 pm
Sinai attacks decline as Egypt’s fight against IS yields results
Through targeted bombings on Islamic State’s Jabal Hilal stronghold, Egyptian military deals strong blow to terror group’s capabilities
By Avi Issacharoff
Members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Egyptian Sinai read out sentences before they behead four men accused of spying for Israel, August 2014 (screen capture: YouTube)
August 4, 2016, 10:48 pm
Egypt says head of Islamic State affiliate in Sinai killed
Airstrikes reportedly take out 45 members of Ansar al-Bayt al-Maqdis group, including commander Abu Duaa al-Ansari
By Stuart Winer
In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, an Egyptian armored vehicle is seen on the Egyptian side of the border across from Rafah in north Sinai. (Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)
July 27, 2016, 3:39 pm
Egyptian air force kills 25 jihadists in Sinai strikes
Attack on Islamic State group near Rafah follows Sunday’s assassination of police officer
By ToI Staff
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