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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-cracks-down-on-gaza-tunnels-but-faces-setbacks-in-sinai/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/09/Sinai-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Egyptian army personnel supervise the destruction of tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip at the border, near the town of Rafah, northern Sinai, Egypt, September 2013. (photo credit: AP/AP Television)" title="Egyptian army personnel supervise the destruction of tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip at the border, near the town of Rafah, northern Sinai, Egypt, September 2013. (photo credit: AP/AP Television)" /></a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-cracks-down-on-gaza-tunnels-but-faces-setbacks-in-sinai/">As President Sissi claims 'massive results' achieved in regional operation, jihadists kill seven in fresh attack</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/egypt-to-expand-gaza-buffer-zone-to-up-to-2-kilometers/">Hundreds of families in Rafah to be evicted as Cairo ramps up crackdown on arms smuggling to Islamists in the Sinai</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-concerned-over-egypt-qatar-thaw/">According to Arab press, Khaled Mashaal fears Doha may shun him to appease Sissi; Hamas claims no change in ties</a>
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