Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Egyptian military has flown its first air mission over the Gaza Strip since the 1967 war with Israel. Palestinian sources said the Egyptian Air Force sent an attack helicopter into the Gaza Strip over such cities as Khan Yunis and Rafah on July 12. “The helicopter came from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reinforced its military presence to block the infiltration of Palestinian fighters from the Gaza Strip. Security sources said Egypt’s military and Central Security Forces have been bolstered in wake of the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. The sources said the military assessed that Hamas and other Islamist fighters […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ouster of President Mohammed Morsi has sparked a revolt in Egypt’s turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said Islamic insurgents believed linked to the ousted Muslim Brotherhood launched an offensive against the Egyptian Army and security forces in Sinai. In one attack on July 5, a soldier was killed in a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Bedouin tribes have threatened a revolt in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian sources said leading Bedouin tribes in Sinai have pledged to resist a government ban against owning land near the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip. They said tribal chiefs determined that the five-kilometer ban would harm Bedouin interests […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has closed down the massive tunnel smuggling network amid numerous cave-ins along the Egyptian border. Officials said the Interior Ministry decided to close the estimated 1,200 tunnels that connect the Gaza Strip to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. They said scores of tunnels underneath the divided city of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Scores of smuggling tunnels that connect Egypt to the Gaza Strip have collapsed. Palestinian sources said the Hamas regime has been struggling with the collapse of at least 20 tunnels during the storms in the Levant in January 2013. They said many other tunnels have been flooded by some […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — For the first time, Egypt has reported an Israeli military strike in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said an Israel Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle fired a missile that killed a Bedouin fighter in northeastern Sinai on Aug. 26. The sources identified the alleged target as Ibrahim Maden, 35, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — While Egypt’s military has ended operations in the mountains of Sinai Peninsula, security sources said insurgents were scattered throughout the peninsula. “There are other areas where we believe the terrorists are located,” a source said. The sources said the military also reduced ground operations in Sinai in an effort to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army has been ordered to significantly reduce counter-insurgency (CI) operations during the annual Muslim festival of Id El Fitr. Security sources said the army cut back on operations throughout the eastern and central Sinai Peninsula during the Id, which began on Aug. 19. The sources said the army […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has again failed to halt the huge Palestinian smuggling tunnel network. Security sources said Egypt has determined that Palestinian smuggling continues despite the closure of some 150 tunnels. They said the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip was deploying some 50 tunnels to transfer arms, fuel and construction material. […]