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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Islamists in Egypt

Illustrative: Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists gesture from the defendants cage as they receive sentences in a mass trial in Alexandria, Egypt, on May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Heba Khamis)
March 11, 2022, 2:58 pm
Egypt executes seven over Islamist attacks that killed policemen
Rights groups say Cairo has stepped up execution campaign and now carries out third-most judicial killings globally
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
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
Members of the Egyptian security forces stand guard at the scene of an attack on a tourist bus in Giza province south of the Egyptian capital Cairo, on December 28, 2018 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
December 29, 2018, 4:55 pm
Egypt kills 40 ‘terrorists’ in crackdown after fatal Giza pyramids attack
Police say suspects slain in raids were preparing a series of attacks, though it does not directly link them to bus bombing that killed three tourists and an Egyptian guide
By Bassem Aboualabass
In this file photo taken at a funeral procession at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, east of Alexandria, Egypt, on April 10, 2017, mourners carry a large cross and the coffin of one of the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day. (Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP)
October 11, 2018, 6:13 pm
Egypt condemns 17 to death for jihadist church attacks
74 people were killed in Islamic State attacks in 2016 and 2017 targeting Coptic Christians in Cairo, Alexandria, and Tanta
By AFP
US Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. (Khaled Desouki/Pool Photo via AP)
February 2, 2018, 3:14 pm
Egypt welcomes US designation of 2 groups as ‘terrorist’
Foreign ministry calls move against Hasm movement and Liwaa el-Thawra ‘a display of solidarity with Egypt against terrorism’
By AP and ToI Staff
Discarded shoes of victims remain outside Al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt. a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshipers, on November 25, 2017. (AP Photo)
November 25, 2017, 10:40 pm
Survivors describe 20 minutes of terror in attack at mosque in Egypt’s Sinai
After the initial assault, those still moving or breathing received a bullet to the head or the chest, others tried to force their way out of the windows
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Hamza Hendawi
Egyptian army soldiers patrol the Cairo-Ismailia desert road in Egypt, August 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
July 19, 2017, 12:50 am
Egypt police trap and kill 3 top ‘terrorist group’ members
Interior ministry says trio had ties to IS and Muslim Brotherhood, carried out lethal attacks against government targets
By AFP
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen in Cairo, June 29, 2015. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
July 14, 2017, 3:17 pm
Five Egyptian police officers shot dead near capital
No claim of responsibility, but jihadists suspected as three gunmen open fire and flee
By Samer al-Atrush
A general view shows people looking at the aftermath following a bomb blast which struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday at the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in the Nile Delta City of Tanta, north of Cairo, on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
July 14, 2017, 8:58 am
Fearing more terror attacks, Egypt churches suspend activities
Based on specific security warnings, Coptic and Evangelical churches postpone conferences and trips for three weeks
By AFP
A general views shows the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, east of Alexandria on April 10, 2017, as mourners attend the funeral of victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day. (AFP/Mohamed El-Shahed)
June 24, 2017, 11:03 pm
Egyptian police say they foiled church bombing
Authorities say six members of cell planning Alexandria attack have been captured, including two intended suicide bombers
By AFP
Coptic priests stand near the coffins of victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day during a funeral procession at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, east of the northern port city on April 10, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
April 16, 2017, 1:15 am
Fear and grief mar Easter Mass celebrations in Egypt
Coptic Christians observe holiday amid unprecedented security following twin terror attacks that killed 45 on Palm Sunday
By AP
In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damage inside the St. Mark Cathedral in central Cairo, following a bombing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
April 12, 2017, 3:32 am
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Coptic diocese in city of Minya says festivities canceled in mourning for 45 Christians murdered in IS terror attacks this week
By MENNA ZAKI
Illustrative photo of an Egyptian member of the armed forces in northern Sinai. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed)
March 4, 2017, 3:00 pm
Egypt says four would-be terrorists killed in shootout
Suspected jihadist militants were planning ‘major attack’ when police raided their Cairo-area hideout, interior ministry says
By AFP
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