Posts Tagged: Sinai
Report: Hamas Desperate to Renew Talks With Israel After PA, UN Funding Slows
Hamas, faced with a disastrous economic situation in Gaza stemming from a freeze on funding from the rival Palestinian Authority (PA), and halted UN reconstruction...
Egypt Says Hamas Helped Organize Sinai Car Bombing Which Killed Dozens of Troops
Egyptian sources claim Hamas helped organize an ISIS-affiliated car bombing on Friday which killed dozens of Egyptian soldiers in the northern Sinai, Israel's Ch....
2 IDF Soldiers Wounded in Shooting Attack at Egyptian Border (VIDEO)
Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded when a three-man terror cell opened fire with an anti-tank rocket and small arms fire on an army jeep...
Egyptians Foil Attempted Sinai Rocket Attacks Against Israel
Egyptian security officials this week apparently thwarted a planned rocket strike against Israel from the Sinai, when they seized three projectiles ready for firing, mounted...
Egypt Court Accuses 5 Israelis of Sinai Espionage, Will Try Them in Absentia
An Egyptian court on Sunday accused five Israelis, in absentia, and three Egyptians of "espionage and providing a foreign entity with information concerning national security,"...
Israel’s Head of Military Intelligence: ‘There Are 170,000 Rockets and Missiles Directed at Israel’
Israel's Head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kohavi, on Wednesday addressed security threats facing the Jewish state, including 170,000 rockets and renewed scope for...
IDF Details Approach to Destroying ‘Terror Tunnels’ Connecting Hamas in Gaza to Israel, Sinai
After a "terror tunnel" was discovered last week and revealed by the Israel Defense Forces yesterday at 18 meters underground and extending for 1.7 kilometers,...
Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing for Muslim Festival
Egypt has announced that its border crossing with the Gaza Strip will be closed for the week because of the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha,...
5 Soldiers Dead as Wave of Violence Hits Egypt
BBC - Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers who were in a patrol vehicle outside of the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials....
Report: Egypt Army Gearing Up for Possible Gaza Strikes
JPost - The Egyptian army has planned military attacks on specific targets in the Gaza Strip in the event that the security situation in...
Israel Tourism Remains Strong Despite Mid-East Unrest, Egyptian Border Visits Down 82%
Despite upheaval in the Middle East, tourism to Israel has remained relatively strong, Israel's Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday. According to the country's Central Bureau of...
Israel Security Official Meets Egyptian Counterparts in Cairo as Shin Bet Counts 15 Sinai Terror Groups, 4 Violent
A senior Israeli security official met a small group of his Egyptian counterparts for several hours in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss mounting terrorist violence...
Israel’s Defense Minister Reassures Eilat Residents Following Rocket Attack, City’s Tourists Defiant
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon assured residents of Eilat on Tuesday that their daily routines should continue as normal following the interception by the Iron Dome...
Report: Egypt Army Has Killed 32 Hamas Terrorists in Sinai Since Morsi Ouster
Ynet - After the overthrow of Egypt 's Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas appers to be the next target: An Egyptian military source told...
