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by JNS.org
Egypt and Israel refused to reduce the U.S.-led peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – Egypt and Israel refused to reduce the US-led peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula after the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) and some its 12 contributor countries proposed to withdraw about one-fifth of the troops due to concerns over increased violence, an Egyptian official said on Tuesday.
Six troops were wounded by a roadside bomb in September and the MFO believes they are too vulnerable. The Egyptian military has been battling an Islamic State-affiliated terror group in the Sinai Peninsula.
“We said this is not the proper time, during a war on terrorism. It would give jihadists the wrong message,” an Egyptian official told Reuters. “That was the main outcome: No talks about any reduction now.”
The MFO wanted the 400 troops to be replaced with remote surveillance equipment, the official said.
The proposal was reviewed at a meeting last week in Rome with Egypt, Israel and a U.S. delegation in attendance.
Nearly 1,900 peacekeepers are positioned in the Sinai to monitor its demilitarization under the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace accord.
