Special to WorldTribune.com Hamas has beefed up security at its border with Egypt in what is seen as an attempt to ease tensions with Cairo. “National security forces started today to increase the number of its troops and double the security bases along all the southern border with Egypt to be able to control the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Egypt has destroyed 20 tunnels it recently discovered near the Gaza Strip border. The Egyptian army has destroyed a large number of the tunnels amid President Abdul Fatah Sisi’s crackdown on Hamas’s network of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Sinai. The tunnels have been used to smuggle arms to jihadists who have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) released a YouTube video in Hebrew on Oct. 23 saying that the terror group is closing in on Israel and that “we promise you that not a single Jew will be left in the entire country.” Israel’s Channel 2 reported that a masked youth, who may be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States is considering pulling its force of lightly-armed peacekeepers in Egypt, fearing they could become easy targets for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and other jihadists who have a large presence in northern Sinai. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) have been present in the Sinai since Egypt’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Egyptian Army continues to sustain attacks near the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. On Oct. 22, at least two Army officers were killed and 12 soldiers injured in a bombing outside Rafah, a city divided between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Officials said suspected Palestinian insurgents detonated a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com HERZLIYA, Israel — Israel’s military has been exploring the prospect of developing projects in the upper tier of the atmosphere. Officials said the Israel Air Force has drafted plans to develop aircraft that could operate in what they termed the stratosphere. They said this would enable unmanned platforms to conduct reconnaissance and […]