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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 436

northern Sinai

Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
May 1, 2022, 1:10 am
Suspected Islamic State terrorists blow up gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai
No casualties in massive explosion in town of Bir al-Abd; attack comes as Egyptian troops and locals step up battle against terror insurgency in the area
By ASHRAF SWEILAM
Illustrative: A gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula sabotaged by a jihadist group in 2012. (AP/File)
November 20, 2020, 5:28 am
IS claims Egypt-Israel gas pipeline blast that caused fire, but little damage
Terror group provides no evidence for claim it was behind explosion at el-Arish al-Qantara in Sinai; Israeli energy official reportedly says gas is still flowing
By ToI Staff
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
Illustrative: A gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula sabotaged by a jihadist group in 2012. (AP/File)
February 2, 2020, 11:58 pm
Sinai gunmen said to attack Egypt-Israel pipe; Israel says gas flow unhindered
‘The gas is reaching Egypt,’ Jerusalem’s energy ministry says, after Arab media report attack near northern Sinai coastal town of Bir El Abd
By ToI Staff
An explosion during an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt, on January 9, 2017. (Islamic State Group in Sinai/AP)
June 5, 2019, 8:03 pm
Islamic State claims attack that killed 8 Egyptian policemen in Sinai
Jihadists boast of two simultaneous assaults on police checkpoints in el-Arish as Muslims mark Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr
By AFP
Screencapture from a video purporting to show a plan to to give the Palestinian part of the Sinai for a future state. US envoy Jason Greenblatt denies this is part of the Trump peace plan, Aprli 19, 2019. (Screencapture/Twitter)
April 19, 2019, 8:00 pm
US envoy denies reports peace plan includes giving Palestinians part of Sinai
Social media posts show video of purported plan to create Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of the Egyptian-ruled peninsula; actual plan expected to be launched in June
By ToI Staff
An explosion during an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt, on January 9, 2017. (Islamic State Group in Sinai/AP)
January 4, 2019, 2:49 am
For first time, Egyptian president confirms Israel helping fight Sinai jihadists
Sissi says cooperation closer than ever in CBS interview Cairo has subsequently attempted to quash
By ToI Staff
An Egyptian soldier mans a checkpoint in el-Arish, 290 kilometers (180 miles) east of Cairo, North Sinai, Egypt, January 31, 2015 (AP Photo)
August 29, 2018, 5:56 pm
Egyptian army says it killed 20 jihadists in Sinai and on Libyan border
In all, some 300 jihadists and 35 soldiers killed in massive operations against Islamist insurgents this year, military says
By Agencies
Illustrative: Egyptian policemen driving on a road leading to the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, July 26, 2018. (AFP/Khaled DESOUKI)
August 20, 2018, 3:15 pm
Egyptian army captain killed in northern Sinai roadside blast
Medics say officer was hit by improvised bomb, as military wages campaign against jihadists
By AFP
Illustrative: Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, July 2013. (Mohamed El-Sherbeny/AFP)
February 4, 2018, 9:57 pm
Egypt army denies Israel carrying out secret airstrike campaign in Sinai
Military says only Cairo authorized to operate in peninsula, rejecting New York Times report on covert Israeli support
By ToI Staff
A picture taken from the Rafah border of the southern Gaza Strip with Egypt shows smoke billowing in Egypt's North Sinai on July 8, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)
February 3, 2018, 4:54 pm
Israel carrying out secret airstrike campaign in Sinai to help Egypt — report
Unmarked IAF drones, fighter jets, and gunships are conducting attacks against Islamic State-linked jihadist insurgents at behest of Sissi, New York Times reports
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)
December 24, 2017, 8:54 pm
Egypt police kill 9 suspected in Sinai attacks
Cell based in Sharqiya thought to be responsible for killing ‘many members of the armed forces and police force’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to the West Wing of the White House, April 3, 2017. (Mark Wilson Wilson/Getty Images via JTA)
November 24, 2017, 6:28 pm
Trump condemns ‘horrible and cowardly’ mosque attack in Egypt
US president says ‘world cannot tolerate terrorism,’ calls to defeat jihadists and discredit their ideology
By AFP
Hamas security forces patrol along the Gaza-Egypt border, April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP)
January 15, 2017, 3:39 am
Hamas, Islamic State resume close cooperation despite pressure from Cairo
Jihadist group’s Egyptian affiliate has opened a propaganda office in Gaza, sends its wounded fighters to Gaza’s hospitals, and runs lucrative smuggling tunnels into the Strip
By Avi Issacharoff
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