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Kerem Shalom attack

Kerem Shalom crossing seen closed from the Gazan side in the southern Gaza Strip, June 7, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 14, 2016, 5:54 pm
Amid fighting in Sinai, Israel evacuates Gaza crossing
IDF closes Kerem Shalom gateway as Egyptian army conducts operations against terrorists, reportedly killing 13
By Stuart Winer
Hamas security forces next to an Egyptian watch tower on the border between Egypt and Gaza, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, September 21, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 13, 2016, 9:41 pm
All’s quiet on the southern Gaza front — and that’s bad
While soldiers stationed near the north of the Strip face rocket fire and other attacks, in the south, Hamas keeps a lid on Salafists and prepares for next round of fighting
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers practice in an IDF drill in the Gaza border Division on March 22, 2015. The drill was meant to reenact scenarios following lessons learnt from last summer's Operation Protective Edge (photo credit: IDF spokesman)
April 29, 2015, 6:05 am
IDF training to retake Gaza in possible future round with Hamas
Eight months after conflict, Islamic group again digging terror tunnels, developing Iran-funded advanced missiles and drones
By Elhanan Miller
An Egyptian armored vehicle commandeered by terrorists burning at the Kerem Shalom crossing August 5. (photo credit: @AvitalLeibovich, Twitter)
March 15, 2013, 12:43 am
Egyptian report blames Hamas for killing 16 soldiers in terror attack
Islamist group threatens to sue state-owned magazine over allegations regarding last year’s major attack on Israel-Gaza-Sinai border
By AP and ToI Staff
A Gaza smuggling tunnel. (Illustrative photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 27, 2013, 10:22 am
Egyptian court orders Gaza tunnels destroyed
Porous border a threat to Egypt’s security and destabilizes the Sinai Peninsula, security official says
By Gabe Fisher
Egyptian armored vehicles in Sinai (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)
September 22, 2012, 5:28 pm
Egyptian presidential aide says he’s finalizing proposal to amend peace treaty with Israel
Adviser to Morsi says military restrictions in 1979 accord limit Cairo’s capacity to defend the Sinai
By Ilan Ben Zion
Egyptian armored vehicles in Sinai (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)
September 19, 2012, 4:37 pm
Sinai terrorists call Egyptian military inhumane, barbaric
Salafi Jihad accuses Egypt’s forces of killing civilians, says it defended itself when soldiers raided village on Sunday
September 11, 2012, 12:12 am
Egypt’s deputy head of Sinai security injured in shooting
Gen. Hatem Amin and three other officers hospitalized following attack on patrol
By Asher Zeiger
Illustrative photo of Egyptian army trucks carrying military tanks in the northern Sinai Peninsula, August 2012. (AP/File)
August 31, 2012, 12:23 am
Israel asking Egypt to remove military forces from Sinai
In future, says Barak, better coordination required
By AP
The fence along the Egyptian-Israeli border (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 30, 2012, 3:30 pm
IDF to expand buffer zone along Egyptian border
Israelis to be kept 300 meters from fence between Kerem Shalom and Eilat
By Asher Zeiger
Workers on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip, December 2011 (photo credit Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 22, 2012, 3:39 pm
Gaza border crossings to reopen temporarily
Rafah and Kerem Shalom entry points will allow a one-way flow of traffic into the Hamas-controlled enclave
By Stuart Winer
Bedouin in the Sinai desert in 2006. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 19, 2012, 4:45 pm
Egypt to plant a million acres, settle a million citizens in Sinai
Agriculture and population are Egypt’s new tools to combat security woes in the peninsula
By Elhanan Miller
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas government in Gaza (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
August 19, 2012, 4:05 pm
Hamas calls for Egypt to cease Sinai security coordination with Israel
Gaza will remain a ‘source of calm’ for Egypt, says leader Ismail Haniyeh
By Gabe Fisher
Illustrative photo of a Hamas police officer carrying a rifle in the Gaza Strip (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 18, 2012, 3:03 am
Hamas cracks down on radical Islamist groups in the Gaza Strip
Authorities arrest leader of Salafist organization in wake of deadly terrorist attack on Egyptian border
By Ilan Ben Zion
Egyptian Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi (left) and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi (center) attend a medal ceremony at a military base east of Cairo (photo credit: Mohammed Abd El Moaty, Egyptian Presidency/AP)
August 17, 2012, 12:22 pm
Morsi pledges to keep cleansing Sinai until it is safe
Egyptian president confirms that others, including Palestinians, are assisting in ‘surgical operation’
By Asher Zeiger
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