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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

Suez

An aerial view taken on March 27, 2021 from the porthole of a commercial plane shows stranded ships waiting in queue in the Gulf of Suez to cross the Suez Canal at its southern entrance near the Red Sea port city of Suez, as the waterway remains blocked by the Panama-flagged container ship "MV Ever Given", which has remained wedged sideways about six kilometres north of the canal's entrance impeding all flowing traffic since March 23 (Mahmoud KHALED / AFP)
March 29, 2021, 3:08 am
IKEA furniture, 130,000 livestock stranded in Suez logjam
More than 360 vessels are stuck in the Mediterranean since giant container ship MV Ever Given became wedged diagonally across canal
By AFP
This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the cargo ship MV Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Friday, March 26, 2021. A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as dredgers worked frantically to free a giant container ship that is stuck sideways in the waterway and disrupting global shipping. (©Maxar Technologies via AP)
March 27, 2021, 8:30 am
Plan takes shape to use the tide to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal
After dislodge efforts fail, new bid set for Saturday; at least 20 ships carrying livestock held up; Japanese owners ‘apologize for the tremendous trouble’
By SAM MAGDY
In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a cargo ship, named the Ever Given, sits with its bow stuck into the wall on March 24, 2021, after it become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
March 27, 2021, 3:04 am
Another attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal fails
Dislodging vessel delaying billions in trade could take weeks; at least 20 ships carrying livestock held up, raising fears for animals’ safety; expert doubts wind caused accident
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egyptian protesters shout calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo's downtown on September 20, 2019. (STR/AFP)
September 22, 2019, 2:26 am
Anti-Sissi protesters clash with security forces in Suez
First major demonstrations since 2011 revolution come on the back of online call by Mohamed Aly, a disgruntled exiled Egyptian businessman, demanding strongman president be toppled
By AFP
Residents pass a kiosk, center, that is used as a clinic where girls are circumcised by a barber, in the Imbaba area of Giza, Egypt, Novenbe 26, 2012. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
August 31, 2016, 11:04 pm
Egypt parliament toughens penalties for female circumcision
Those caught carrying out genital mutilation, prevalent in Egypt but criminalized in 2008, could face 7 years in prison
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Dredgers work on a new section of the Suez Canal during a media tour in Ismailia, Egypt, Saturday, June 13, 2015 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 25, 2015, 6:34 pm
Egypt begins first trial run of ‘new’ Suez Canal
Project aimed at speeding up traffic along existing waterway is set to significantly boost country’s revenues
By AFP
Illustrative: Masked Hamas members carry a model of a rocket during a rally in the central Gaza Strip on December 12, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 28, 2015, 2:42 pm
Egyptian court rules all of Hamas a terror group
Month after Cairo outlawed military arm, political branch given same designation; Egypt continues to widen buffer zone with Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, at a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement’s creation, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)
February 5, 2015, 5:58 pm
Gaza terror groups condemn Egypt for anti-Hamas stance
Masked gunman calls on Cairo to halt measures against Palestinian people, so that ‘resistance factions’ can focus efforts against Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks in front of the state-run TV ahead of a military funeral for troops killed in an assault in the Sinai Peninsula, as he stands with army commanders in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/MENA, Mohammed Samaha)
January 31, 2015, 8:01 pm
Hamas says Egypt no longer a viable mediator with Israel
Source close to group repudiates Cairo after court deems armed wing terrorists; Sissi: Fight against terror will be long and hard
By ToI Staff, AP and AFP
Illustrative: Masked Hamas members carry a model of a rocket during a rally in the central Gaza Strip on December 12, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 31, 2015, 2:16 pm
Egyptian court rules Hamas armed wing a terror group
Government claims Islamist organization cooperated with IS affiliate in coordinated Sinai attack that left over 30 dead
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Egyptian member of the armed forces patrols outside al-Maza military airport where the bodies of the members of security forces, who were killed in northern Sinai province during an attack the day before, had been flown on January 30, 2015 in the capital Cairo. (photo credit: AFP/ Mohamed el-Shahed)
January 31, 2015, 12:27 am
Clashes in Egypt’s Sinai after jihadists kill 30
Two children dead after troops flood restive peninsula following skirmishes with extremist groups
By Haitham el-Tabei
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi cover their faces during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
November 22, 2013, 9:08 pm
Egypt’s Brotherhood marks milestone with clashes
Violence leaves 2 dead, including 10-year-old boy; Islamist group blasts John Kerry for saying it ‘stole’ the 2011 revolution
By AP
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood chant slogans during a demonstration in Dalga Village, in upper Egypt, Aug. 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Roger Anis/El Shorouk Newspaper)
September 6, 2013, 3:55 pm
Morsi supporters rally across Egypt
Thousands stream out of mosques after Friday prayers, chanting ‘down with military rule’ and waving Egyptian flags
By AP
Al-Jazeera America newsroom in New York (photo credit: AP/Bebeto Matthews/File)
September 3, 2013, 7:48 pm
Egypt court bans Al-Jazeera TV affiliate
Authorities crack down on international news channel, which is said to favor Muslim Brotherhood
By Sarah El Deeb
Funeral procession of Ahmed Hussein Eid, who was killed in Suez, Egypt, in July, 2012. (photo credit: AP)
September 3, 2013, 5:14 pm
11 Morsi supporters handed life sentences
Dozens more sentenced to five years behind bars; five acquitted for violence in Suez in August
By AP
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