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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Egyptian police

A person looks at the Grindr app on her mobile phone in Beirut, Lebanon, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
March 25, 2023, 5:20 am
LGBTQ dating app Grindr warns Egyptian users of police targeting
Company says cops in Muslim nation impersonating community members to catch and prosecute individuals
By AP
In this April 24, 2021 file photo, people visit the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Old Cairo, April 24, 2021 (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
June 27, 2021, 12:12 pm
Egypt arrests former lawmaker for allegedly smuggling antiquities
Flamboyant ex-MP Alaa Hassanein suspected of leading group that stole tablets, statues, Classical-era coins, black basalt plates; allegations carry life sentence
By AFP
Protesters chant slogans against the regime in Cairo, Egypt, September 21, 2019. (AP Photo/ Nariman El-Mofty)
September 23, 2019, 7:33 pm
Egyptian police said to arrest hundreds over anti-Sissi protests
Lawyers say at least 400 people in Cairo and across Egypt held following rare outbreak of public dissent against president
By AP
A picture taken on October 21, 2017 shows members of the Egyptian security forces resting on the top of an armoured vehicle (APCs) parked on the desert road leading to the Bahariya oasis in Egypt's western desert, about 135 kilometers (83 miles) southwest of Giza. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
August 8, 2019, 11:38 pm
Egypt says security forces killed 17 jihadists after hospital attack
Cairo claims Muslim Brotherhood-linked terror group Hasm was behind Monday car bombing that killed 20 at cancer hospital
By Agencies
File: Egyptian policemen at the site of a bomb explosion in Cairo, Egypt, December 2016 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
February 19, 2019, 12:48 am
Suicide bomber kills 2 policemen near famed Cairo tourist market
Officials say officers were chasing the man, suspected of planting a bomb near a mosque last week
By AFP and ToI Staff
Three Egyptian policemen were able to catch a five-year-old child as he fell from a third-floor apartment balcony in the southern city of Assiut in a video released in February 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 22, 2018, 6:02 pm
Egyptian policemen catch child falling from 3rd floor
Video captures three officers managing to save 5-year-old’s life; boy unharmed as policemen hailed as heroes
By AP
A cartoon released by Egypt's interior ministry in January (YouTube screenshot)
February 7, 2018, 6:01 am
Egyptian government cartoon encourages kids to inform on neighbors
Clip calling on children to report suspicious people to police without consulting adults sparks criticism on social media
By ToI Staff
Egyptian policemen inspect the scene of an attack which killed five of their colleagues in a shooting near Badrasheen, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Cairo, on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gawad)
December 18, 2017, 8:08 pm
Police kill five militants in shootout near Cairo
10 additional suspects arrested as part of sting on group said plotting to attack churches
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of small-arms ammunition used by the Israeli army (Pierre Terdjman/Flash90)
November 4, 2017, 1:26 pm
Uzbekistan releases Israeli held after gun clip found in bag
63-year-old was arrested in Tashkent airport and detained for 3 days
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A woman walks past an Egyptian policeman, a day ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 25, 2011 uprising in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt on Jan. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Roger Anis)
October 25, 2017, 11:36 pm
Egyptian court jails policemen in rare torture verdict
Samir Hani receives seven years in prison for torturing a worker to death; 5 other officers earn 3-year sentences
By AP
Egyptian policemen inspect the scene of an attack which killed five of their colleagues in a shooting near Badrasheen, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Cairo, on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gawad)
October 21, 2017, 1:50 am
At least 35 Egyptian police dead in shootout with Islamists
Security official says clash southwest of Cairo came during a raid on militants’ hideout; Hasm group claims responsibility
By Agencies
Nir Itach (Facebook)
October 11, 2017, 1:25 pm
Egypt releases Israeli tourist arrested with bullets in his bag
Nir Itach fined, banned from Egyptian territory for a week after leftover army ammo discovered in his luggage as he entered Sinai
By ToI Staff
Nir Itach (Facebook)
October 10, 2017, 8:40 pm
Israeli arrested in Sinai with bullets in his luggage
Nir Itach’s brother says bullets were in an old army bag that hadn’t been cleaned; Foreign Ministry working to secure his release
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: This photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, shows a deadly attack by terrorists on an Egyptian police checkpoint, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP)
September 11, 2017, 4:25 pm
At least 18 Egyptian police killed in attack on Sinai convoy
Islamic State claims responsibility for ambush in north of restive peninsula
By AP
Illustrative photo: Egyptian men attend their trial at a court in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 16, 2014 (AP/Aly Hazzaa, El Shorouk)
September 6, 2017, 5:29 pm
Rights group accuses Egypt of widespread torture of government critics
Human Rights Watch says ‘torture epidemic’ carried out by Sissi regime ‘likely constitutes a crime against humanity’
By AFP
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