Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt continued its battle against insurgents in North Sinai on June 17 as security forces foiled an attack, killed seven militants and destroyed a cache of weapons. Islamists in North Sinai have killed hundreds of Egyptian police and soldiers since the overthrow of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood regime of Mohammed Morsi in 2013. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from CAIRO — Egypt has maintained its counter-insurgency offensive in northeastern Sinai. The military said the crackdown included the capture of 84 suspected insurgents in both Sinai as well as along the adjacent Suez Canal. The insurgents were said to have facilitated the flow of weapons to Ansar Beit Maqdis from neighboring […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has been concerned over the prospect of rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Security sources reported a stream of rocket attacks from the neighboring Gaza Strip during the 50-day Hamas war with Israel. The sources said the rockets, believed to have been fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has determined that Hamas and its Palestinian allies established rocket launch sites in the northeastern section of the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security sources said Hamas and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip have developed an underground infrastructure of rockets and tunnels in northeastern Sinai. The sources said the infrastructure […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has eliminated much of Hamas’ military command. Hamas has acknowledged the killing of at least three members of the military command in an Israeli air strike. The air strike was one of several that targeted the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leadership in the southern Gaza Strip. “We will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army, amid heavy Palestinian fire, has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip. Military sources said about 90 percent of the estimated 8,000 troops have already left the Gaza Strip. They said the remainder were deployed around the southern Gaza town of Rafah, believed to contain a major part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Egypt has blocked an Islamist insurgency strike on Israel. The Palestinian news agency Maan said the Egyptian Army killed a would-be suicide bomber who tried to infiltrate an Israel Army base along the Egyptian border. Maan quoted Egyptian military sources as saying that the bomber was killed by Egyptian troops […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported the capture of Soviet-origin rockets from the Gaza Strip. Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency said several BM-21 Grad surface-to-surface rockets were intercepted as they were being smuggled to the Gaza Strip. MENA said the shipment consisted of 20 rockets and launchers, meant to be transported in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel has used combat unmanned aerial vehicles in the missile war in the Gaza Strip, a human rights group said. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said the Israel Air Force was directing combat UAV operations throughout the Gaza Strip. The center said the UAVs were firing air-to-ground rockets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military, prevented from a ground invasion, has instead targeted Palestinian missile and rocket arsenals in the Gaza Strip. Military sources said the Israel Air Force, in coordination with the intelligence community, was trying to destroy arsenals of Hamas and its militia allies in the Gaza Strip. The sources […]