Posts Tagged: Sinai Peninsula
Israeli Tourist in Sinai: We’re Not Afraid, There Are Also Terror Warnings in Europe
Some Israeli citizens traveling in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula were undeterred by an urgent warning issued by their government on Tuesday that called on them to...
ISIS-Linked News Agency Claims Israeli Air Force Struck Three Targets in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula This Week
The Israeli Air Force conducted three strikes in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula this week, the ISIS-linked Amaq news agency reported on Tuesday, according to the Hebrew...
Expert: Israel Alerting Western, Arab Nations About Growing Hamas-ISIS Coordination
Israel has been alerting Western and Arab nations to the growing coordination between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and ISIS-affiliated groups in the Sinai Peninsula, a researcher with the...
New ISIS Video Threatens Imminent Attacks on Israel, With Emphasis on Eilat
ISIS' local branch in the Sinai Peninsula released a new video threatening attacks against Israel, Israeli news site Walla reported on Wednesday. The group, known as Wilayat Sina, said it would...
Investigation: ‘External Impact on Plane’ Caused Russian Airliner Crash in Sinai
Reuters reports that the plane was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a distress call before it disappeared from radar,...
Israeli Defense Minister: ‘Woe to Us If We Do Not Internalize the Lessons of the Yom Kippur War’
In a ceremony held at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl Military Cemetery on Monday to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Israeli's defense minister said that...
Israeli General: Hamas Seeking to Increase Influence in West Bank, Surpass Salafists in Gaza
A senior Israeli commander said that the primary goal of terror group Hamas is to "put an end to Israel, to take over the PLO and...
Rocket Explodes in Southern Israel; Officials Unsure if Fired From Gaza or Sinai
JNS.org - A rocket exploded in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip on Friday. Israeli security officials were investigating whether the projectile came from Gaza or...
Israeli Forces on Heightened Alert Along Egyptian Border After ISIS Sinai Attacks
Israel Defense Forces troops stationed on the Egyptian border heightened their alert level in the wake of Wednesday's terrorist attacks against Egyptian army targets by...
ISIS in Sinai Threatens to Bomb Eilat in Coming Days
An Islamic State affiliate in Egypt's Sinai peninsula posted a threat against Israel on its Facebook page on Thursday, saying the group would shell the...
Egypt Destroys Weapons-Smuggling Tunnel Under Gaza Border
JNS.org - Egyptian security forces recently destroyed a 0.75-mile-long tunnel near Rafah under the border between the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza that was used...
ISIS Proclaims ‘Calpihate of Sinai’; Calls for Attacking Israel’s Eilat
The Islamic State has announced the establishment of what it called the "Sinai Caliphate" in the peninsula in a statement reported on the Saffad.com website. The...
Egypt’s El-Sisi Vows to Finish Muslim Brotherhood if Elected President
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Egyptian Defense Minister who has resigned to run for president, was interviewed for the first time on Egyptian television on Monday night, vowing...
State Dept. Designates Sinai Group as Terror Org. for Attacks on Israel, Others
JNS.org - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday designated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), a group operating in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, as a Foreign Terrorist...









