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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Hisham Barakat

Egyptian state prosecutor Hisham Barakat, on April 8, 2014 (AP Photo/Sabry Khaled, El Shorouk Newspaper)
February 20, 2019, 1:26 pm
Egypt executes 9 over 2015 killing of top prosecutor
Hisham Barakat most senior official killed since 2013 revolution; rights groups calls for end to executions, saying suspects tortured
By Samy Magdy
File: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in a media interview in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (AP/Julie Jacobson)
March 28, 2016, 1:48 am
Eager Hamas seeks return to Egyptian favor at Cairo talks
Egypt has list of demands for terror group, including cutting ties to Muslim Brotherhood and stricter control on Gaza-Sinai border
By ToI Staff
Egyptian Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar speaks during a press conference in Cairo on March 6, 2016. (AFP)
March 12, 2016, 3:38 pm
Hamas leaders head to hostile Cairo for high-level talks
Group says delegation will meet with intelligence officials, discuss accusations it played role in 2015 murder of top Egyptian prosecutor
By ToI Staff
File: Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a June 29, 2015 bombing in Cairo that killed Egypt’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
March 6, 2016, 6:46 pm
Egypt says Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood behind top prosecutor’s death
Hisham Barakat, killed in June 2015 car bombing, is most senior official slain since start of jihadist insurgency
By AFP
President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi during his swearing in ceremony, on June 7, 2014, in Cairo. (screen capture, Egyptian TV/AFP)
August 17, 2015, 3:59 pm
Egypt president signs new tough anti-terrorism law
Measures include broad description of terrorism; criticism from rights groups and some judges
By AP
In this picture taken Tuesday, June 30, 2015, provided by the office of the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks at the funeral for Hisham Barakat in Cairo. (Egyptian Presidency via AP)
June 30, 2015, 8:35 pm
Egyptian president vows ‘swift justice’ after prosecutor killed
High-profile assassination of Hisham Barakat raises prospect of tougher crackdown against Islamists
By Brian Rohan
Emergency personnel inspect damage after a bomb attack targeted Egypt's state prosecutor in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, Egypt, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)
June 29, 2015, 5:30 pm
Egypt state prosecutor killed in Cairo bombing
Hisham Barkat is most senior official assassinated since Morsi’s ouster in 2013; had sent thousands of Islamists to trial
By AFP
Egypt's prosecutor general, Hisham Barakat (YouTube screenshot/teleSUR English)
June 29, 2015, 1:21 pm
Egypt’s state prosecutor survives bombing in Cairo
Explosion comes as local Islamic State affiliate calls for attacks on state judiciary
By AFP and ToI Staff
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