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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

MFO Multinational Force and Observers

Illustrative: Multinational peacekeepers participate in a casualty evacuation training exercise during their nine-month rotation in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, January 22, 2016. (Sgt. William Tanner, 2d Cavalry Regiment, US military)
March 1, 2021, 3:05 am
Israel to provide COVID vaccines to peacekeeping force in Sinai — report
Request to vaccinate multinational observers came from US and has been approved by Israel, despite freeze imposed on transfers of shots to other countries
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Multinational Force & Observers troops stand in formation during a change of command ceremony in Sinai, Egypt, July 15, 2019. (US Army/Staff Sgt. Kulani J. Lakanaria)
May 18, 2020, 6:48 am
US lawmakers oppose defense secretary’s push to withdraw US troops from Sinai
In bipartisan letter to Esper and secretary of state, 12 Congress members call American soldiers in peninsula ‘vital’ to upholding 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty
By Marcy Oster
Multinational Force & Observers troops stand in formation during a change of command ceremony in Sinai, Egypt, July 15, 2019. (US Army/Staff Sgt. Kulani J. Lakanaria)
May 8, 2020, 2:25 am
US Defense Department said pushing to withdraw troops from Sinai; Israel opposed
Potential removal of some 400 soldiers from US-led peacekeeping force is opposed by Israel and US State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports
By ToI Staff
American troops belonging to the Multinational Force and Observers prepare for takeoff on the coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on January 27, 2004. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
May 29, 2016, 2:09 pm
Fiji pulls some peacekeepers from Sinai amid security fears
Several dozen troops withdrawn from restive peninsula in Egypt; US and Colombia also said planning to reduce numbers
By AP
Joseph F. Dunford Jr., then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with soldiers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers at the el-Gorah Camp in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on February 21, 2016. (D. Myles Cullen/US Department of Defense)
April 13, 2016, 1:11 am
US reconsiders scale of its peacekeeping mission in Sinai
Washington tells Israel, Egypt it is reviewing role of troops in multinational force, seeking automated alternatives including drones
By AP and AFP
Joseph F. Dunford Jr., then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with soldiers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers at the el-Gorah Camp in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on February 21, 2016. (D. Myles Cullen/US Department of Defense)
April 6, 2016, 9:54 am
Fearing jihadis, US said to mull pulling troops from north Sinai
As Egypt struggles to provide security for peacekeeping force, American officials reportedly say Israeli-Egyptian border can be monitored by unmanned technology instead
By Dov Lieber and AFP
American troops belonging to the Multinational Force and Observers prepare for takeoff on the coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on January 27, 2004. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
November 19, 2015, 6:18 pm
Israel: Reducing Sinai peacekeepers rewards terrorism
Military official predicts local jihadis will step up attacks if foreign forces cut back in Egyptian peninsula
By Tamar Pileggi
Egyptian army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle, backed by a helicopter gunship, during a sweep through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, in May 2013. (AP)
September 9, 2015, 11:29 pm
US bolsters protection for Sinai peacekeepers
Officials say 75 more troops being deployed, and surveillance equipment is provided, after 4 soldiers hurt in bombing
By AP
Smoke rises following an explosion in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, as seen from the Israel-Egypt border, near Kerem Shalom in southern Israel, July 1, 2015. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
September 4, 2015, 6:13 am
Pentagon says 6 peacekeepers injured in Sinai explosions
Soldiers airlifted for treatment after being injured by IEDs; not in life-threatening danger
By AP and AFP
In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, an Egyptian armored vehicle is seen on the Egyptian side of the border across from Rafah in north Sinai. (Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)
August 20, 2015, 12:01 pm
Report of possible US pullout from Sinai ‘untrue,’ Israel says
American officials were said to be reconsidering deployment over fears of rising jihadist violence in peninsula
By ToI Staff and AP
An Egyptian military personnel carrier patrols on the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 1, 2015 (AP/Mohammed Ebaid)
July 2, 2015, 7:27 pm
Israel giving Egyptian army free hand in Sinai, official says
Worry mounts over possible collapse of Multinational Force in restive peninsula following jihadist onslaught
By Elhanan Miller
US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno shakes hands with New Zealand army Maj. Gen. Warren J. Whiting at an MFO camp in the Sinai on September 21, 2012. (Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/US Army)
October 6, 2013, 5:46 am
Shutdown delaying aid to Israel, Sinai peacekeeper funding
John Kerry says lack of government money hurting Washington’s allies and making enforcement of sanctions on Iran impossible
By Joshua Davidovich and AP
US members of the Multinational Force in Egypt last year. (photo credit: CC-BY Jim.Greenhill, Flickr)
From the WebSeptember 18, 2013, 6:08 pm
Sinai peacekeepers under siege as Egypt battles Islamists
The Telegraph reports that fighting between the Egyptian army and militant Islamists groups threatens the viability of the American-led peace-keeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula
Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in El-Arish, in the northern Sinai Peninsula in August 2012. (photo credit: AP)
July 11, 2013, 9:58 am
Cairo seeking Israeli okay to widen Sinai offensive — report
Egyptian army presence near border limited by Camp David Accords; Jerusalem says it won’t stop military from chasing terrorists
By Asher Zeiger
Illustrative photo of an Egyptian armored personnel carrier (APC), in Sinai, along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
May 17, 2013, 11:41 pm
State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings
International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution
By Adiv Sterman and AP
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