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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Egyptian offensive in Sinai

Men pray in front of the coffin of military solider Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Ali, who was killed in battle, during his funeral service, in Qalyubia province, Egypt, May 8, 2022. At least 11 Egyptian troops, including an officer, were killed May 7, 2022 in a militant attack on a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal, the military said. (AP Photo/Sayed Hassan)
May 11, 2022, 10:00 pm
Egyptian army says five soldiers killed by jihadists in northern Sinai
Seven insurgents reportedly dead after attacking Egypt’s forces; attack comes days after IS struck a water pumping station in the peninsula
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi arrives to speak at the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2019 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 26, 2021, 9:03 am
Egypt lifts state of emergency in force since 2017 bombings of Coptic churches
‘Egypt has become… an oasis of security and stability in the region,’ says President el-Sissi
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this November 25, 2017 file photo, a burned truck remains outside the Al-Rawda Mosque a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshipers, in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt. (AP Photo/Tarek Samy)
August 31, 2020, 3:51 am
Egypt army says it killed over 70 jihadists in North Sinai
Military says ‘three officers and four soldiers were killed or wounded’ in operations over last six weeks
By AFP
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, July 5, 2013. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
February 11, 2020, 8:29 pm
Egyptian forces kill 17 jihadists in north Sinai
Police raid hideout of ‘terrorist elements’ in provincial capital of El-Arish, find weapons and explosives, officials say
By AFP
Illustrative: Egyptian soldiers in an armored vehicle in northern Sinai, May 2013. (AP)
October 12, 2019, 11:49 pm
Egyptian officials say 9 killed in explosion in north Sinai
Blast in Bir al-Abd also wounds six; not immediately clear who was behind shelling as Cairo battles IS insurgency in area
By AP
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
June 26, 2019, 12:42 pm
Egypt says 7 policemen killed in Sinai jihadist attack
Assault targets an ‘assembly center’ for police near regional capital El-Arish, according to interior ministry
By Agencies
People hold a picture of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during a symbolic funeral ceremony on June 18, 2019 at Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (AFP)
June 19, 2019, 8:29 am
Egypt’s Morsi likely ‘more popular’ after death
Deposed former president of largest Arab country collapsed and died in court Monday while appealing his death sentence
By Aziz El Massassi
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)
June 5, 2019, 8:03 pm
Islamic State claims attack that killed 8 Egyptian policemen in Sinai
Jihadists boast of two simultaneous assaults on police checkpoints in el-Arish as Muslims mark Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr
By AFP
Tourists ride camels during a visit to the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, on May 21, 2019 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
May 21, 2019, 7:30 pm
Egypt says security forces kill 16 jihadists in Sinai
Troops storm hideouts in coastal city of el-Arish two days after a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids outside Cairo, wounding 17
By AP
A Hamas police officer checks the travel documents of incoming Muslim pilgrims boarding a bus at the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on March 3, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
March 3, 2019, 5:49 pm
In first since 2014, Egypt allows Palestinians to exit Gaza for Mecca pilgrimage
Officials say 800 visas granted to Gazans are the first since Cairo launched military offensive against jihadists in restive Sinai
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
January 22, 2019, 1:52 pm
Egypt says recent Sinai clashes killed 7 troops, 59 jihadist militants
Weeks after President Sissi confirms Israel helping fight jihadists, military releases details of successful anti-IS operations in northern peninsula
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
January 17, 2019, 4:09 pm
Terrorists kidnap Christian man in Sinai
Police say they pursued the kidnappers after the incident, killing one and wounding two, but could not free the hostage
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this November 3, 2018 file photo, coffins of Coptic Christians slain in an Islamic State terror attack lie in the Church of Great Martyr Prince Tadros during their funeral service in Minya, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
November 4, 2018, 3:11 pm
Egypt says it killed 19 in shootout with perpetrators of attack on Christians
Gunmen had killed 7 pilgrims Friday in Islamic State assault on the road to remote desert monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor
By Hamza Hendawi
Illustrative: Palestinians wait to travel to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
October 21, 2018, 9:27 am
Gazans at Egypt border seek to escape blockade
Since May, some 200 Gazans a day have left the beleaguered, Hamas-run enclave; many of them have no plans to return
By Clothilde Mraffko
Illustrative: Egyptian soldiers in an armored vehicle in northern Sinai, May 2013. (AP)
October 16, 2018, 7:27 pm
Egyptian army says 450 jihadists killed in Sinai offensive
Operation ‘Sinai 2018,’ launched in February, meant to quell Islamic State insurgency in restive peninsula
By AFP
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