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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Sinai mosque massacre

A picture taken on November 25, 2017, shows the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
December 2, 2017, 6:15 pm
Egyptian TV panelists pin Sinai mosque massacre on Israel and ‘the Jews’
Participants in debate say attack in which over 300 were killed is part of Mossad plot to empty peninsula of its inhabitants, replace them with Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Egyptians listen to a Muslim cleric at the Al-Hussein mosque in Cairo during celebrations of the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, known in Arabic as "al-Mawlid al-Nabawi", on December 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
December 2, 2017, 2:10 am
Worshippers pack Egyptian mosque a week after massacre
North Sinai religious leaders condemn jihadist terrorists who killed more than 300 as ‘cowardly cancer,’ ‘brothers of devils’
By AFP
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
November 29, 2017, 3:30 pm
Islamic State silent on Egypt massacre decried even by its supporters
Almost a week after the Friday killing of over 300 worshipers by terrorists flying jihadist flags, group has yet to claim the attack
By Samer al-Atrush
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
November 28, 2017, 1:46 pm
Deadly mosque attack puts Egypt’s Sinai strategy in spotlight
After three bloody years battling an Islamist insurgency in the peninsula, Egypt’s army still faces deadly mass attacks by Islamic State terrorists
By Aziz El Massassi
The Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles) west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, November 25, 2017.(AFP)
November 27, 2017, 9:28 pm
Op-ed in PA daily claims Israel behind Sinai terror attack
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida columnist blames ‘US, Israel and their pawns’ for jihadists’ mosque massacre of 305
By ToI Staff
Mohamed Abdel Fattah, the imam of al-Rawda mosque, which was attacked by terrorists near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, receives treatment at al-Husseiniya hospital in Egypt's northern province of al-Sharqiya on November 25, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
November 27, 2017, 12:21 am
Egypt imam vows to return to massacre mosque to finish his sermon
Mohammed Abdel Fattah was trampled on the floor, and pinned below dead bodies, as 305 worshipers were murdered in Sinai terror attack
By Bassem Aboualabass
Egyptians attend the funeral of Fethy Ismail who died in an attack by IS terrorists near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish, on November 26 2017. (Muhammad Shahed/AFP)
November 26, 2017, 9:10 pm
Egyptian village where mosque was attacked had been warned
Security officials say IS terrorists told Sinai village elders to stop collaborating with security forces and suspend Sufi rituals
By Agencies
Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, November 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
November 26, 2017, 6:37 pm
Pope holds minute of silence for Egypt mosque attack victims
Pontiff condemns killing of those ‘who were praying in that moment,’ asks for prayers ahead of upcoming visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh
By AP
Illustration: A general view shows Israel's Iron Dome defense system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, deployed in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border, March 17, 2017 (AFP / JALAA MAREY)
November 26, 2017, 4:21 pm
Amid tensions in Sinai, army says southern Israel rocket sirens a false alarm
Alarms sound in Kadesh Barnea and Nitzana as Egyptian military continues assault on IS Sinai targets in response to mosque massacre
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then-health minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party, left, at the Knesset on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
November 26, 2017, 12:21 pm
On the fast train to troubletown
Pundits don’t know if Yaakov Litzman is really out of the government, but they are sure that the crisis behind his resignation spells trouble for Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Egyptian army conscripts stand guard outside the Suez Canal University hospital in the eastern port city of Ismailia on November 25, 2017, where the victims of a bomb and gun assault on the North Sinai Rawda mosque a day earlier. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
November 26, 2017, 1:50 am
After mosque bloodbath, Egypt flexes muscles again, but it may not be enough
Critics say Cairo’s use of overwhelming force against Islamists has failed to stanch Sinai insurgency, and other tactics should be deployed
By Hamza Hendawi
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
Relatives of worshipers grieve outside the Suez Canal University hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, a day after an attack on a mosque, the deadliest ever attack by Islamic terrorists in Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 25, 2017, 9:10 pm
Why Islamic State is obsessed with targeting Muslims
Al-Qaeda’s current leader once asked the godfather of the Islamic State to stop killing his coreligionists. He didn’t, and neither will his ideological successors
By Dov Lieber
View of the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, on November 24, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
November 25, 2017, 7:44 pm
Mosque attack is a testament to Egypt’s impotence in Sinai
For now Cairo may be able to afford to let insurgents and local tribes battle it out, but eventually the terrorists will hit closer to home
By Avi Issacharoff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in New York on September 19, 2017 (Avi Ohayun)
November 25, 2017, 5:59 pm
Israel condemns ‘terrible and despicable’ Sinai mosque massacre
Statement from PM’s office sends condolences to Egyptian nation, urges countries to unite in fight against terror
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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