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Sinai

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Sinai

Egypt’s Camp David Threat Serious but Not Imminent, says Former Deputy Envoy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Cairo's recent military buildup in the Sinai "requires clarification," said Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Sinai

IDF Downs Drone Carrying 13 Rifles, Ammo near Egypt Border

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The drone and weapons were handed over to security forces for examination.

Analysis

Gaza-Sinai Border Looms as Hostage Deal’s Top Strategic Issue

By Canaan Lidor

"If Israelis don’t control it, they don’t control Gaza,” Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says of the Philadelphi Corridor.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Business and Economy / Sinai

Rafah’s Shadow Economy: Profiteering and Corruption in Egypt’s Border Control

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Evidence suggests that control of the Rafah crossing has shifted unofficially to Ibrahim al-Arjani, a Bedouin businessman with close ties to prominent figures including Mahmoud al-Sisi, the son of the Egyptian president.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Sinai

Cairo Warns: IDF Operations Along Gaza-Egypt Border Will Threaten Relations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“Egypt is able to protect its interests and sovereignty and these will not be surrendered to a group of extremist Israeli leaders seeking to drag the region into a state of conflict,” said the head of Egypt's State Information Services.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / News Briefs / Sinai

Female IDF Soldier Wounded in Gunfight Along Egypt Border

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Some 20 suspected smugglers converged on the Nitzana commercial crossing, prompting IDF forces to open fire on them.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

‘Allah Will Curse Them’: Gaza Civilians Call for Israel to Overthrow Hamas

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Gazan are calling the IDF simply to vent their anger at Hamas and encourage the Israelis to continue their offensive.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Sinai

Hamas Still Has Tunnel Access on Egyptian Border

By Ariel Kahana

Israeli intelligence did not know the severity of the smuggling situation before the war.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Sinai

Israel Strikes Hamas Sites Along Gaza-Egyptian Border for First Time

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The sites that were struck in the Rafah area where Hamas terrorists were operating.

Analysis

A Rejuvenated Iran-Al-Qaeda Link Poses New Security Threats

By Yaakov Lappin

(TPS) Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot revealed earlier this month that Israel was asked by Egypt in 2015 to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State targets. “There aren’t many countries in the world that know how to locate targets the size of a podium and to put a missile on […]

Gaza / Sinai

Egypt Working on ‘Long-Term’ Plan for Gaza Strip

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Cairo would take a broader role in the economy and Israel would get "quiet."

Terrorism / Sinai / ISIS

Islamic State Attacks Natural Gas Pipeline in Northern Sinai

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The blast caused a fire but no casualties, Egyptian security officials said.

Gaza / Hamas / ISIS

Hamas Leader’s Nephew Was ISIS Member, Killed in Sinai Battle

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

In Gaza, it is said that Sahib, Matawa’s brother, also joined ISIS in Sinai.

Sinai

Israel Weighs Egyptian Request to Downgrade Travel Advisory to Sinai

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau has classified Sinai in its most severe terrorism level—“a very high concrete threat—for 17 years.

Terrorism / Israel / Business and Economy / Egypt

Israeli Electricity Authority Accepts $500 Million Settlement From Egyptian Gas Companies

By Arye Green / TPS

Egyptian gas companies halted deliveries of natural gas between 2011 and 2013 after terrorists blew up the pipeline in the SInai.

Featured / Israel / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Haifa U Presents Earliest Proof of Marine Agriculture 3,500 Years Ago

By JNi.Media

The size of the fish indicated a transition to marine agriculture: as of 3,500 years ago, they were down to "plate size," about one pound in weight and 15 inches in length.

Headline / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Egypt Opens Gaza's Rafah Crossing for Ramadan, 45% of Gazans Want to Emigrate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recent surveys show that most Gazans still support Hamas, so they aren't likely to use this opportunity to leave Gaza forever.

Gaza

Gaza Tunnel Collapses

By Jewish Press News Desk

The reports say there are people trapped inside.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / Sinai / ISIS / NATO

Netanyahu: Israel Has Foiled Dozens of Major Terror Attacks in Europe

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"You’ll have the son of ISIS and the grandson of al-Qaeda that will be fighting [for] this new Shi’ite force."

Photo of the Day

Escape from Gaza

By Photo of the Day

Gazans line up to get travel permits into Egypt.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Sinai / ISIS

Rocket Launched from Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF is checking if the rocket succeeded in crossing over into Israel or not.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / ISIS

Gaza Man Dies Fighting for ISIS-Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas and ISIS-Sinai have a ongoing cooperative relationship.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / History / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Aliyah / Geulah / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Cabinet Discussed Transferring Conquered Arab Population in 1967

By JNi.Media

The discussion, then as now, revolved around annexation versus a two-state solution, although at the time the most these Israeli ministers could imagine was a Palestinian autonomy under Israeli rule (a solution that's to the right of today's Likud).

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Government / Sinai / ISIS

Israel Preparing for Passover ISIS Attack in Sinai

By JNi.Media

Some Israelis were trying to find alternative routs to reach the Sinai beaches, possibly via Jordan.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security

UPDATE: 2 Rockets From Sinai Slam Into Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket alert went off in the Eshkol region in the Negev at 11:33 AM.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Egypt / Settlements

Trump Saves the Day on Obama-Backed Anti-Settlements UNSC Resolution

By JNi.Media

President-Elect Donald Trump engaged in his first act as leader of the free world on Thursday, when his tweet stopped the game clock on an Egyptian anti-settlements UN Security Council resolution.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

Egypt Destroyed 7 Gaza Smuggling Tunnels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Gazan bodies were recovered today, after Egypt flooded the tunnels.

News Briefs / Israel

Minor Earthquake Near the Kineret

By Jewish Press News Desk

The epicenter was just 5 kilometers north of the Sea of Galilee.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Anti-Israel NGOs / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

UN Report on Failed Gaza, PA Governments: It's All Israel's Fault

By JNi.Media

We went looking for those items that best reflect how the report turns facts and figures on their heads to come up with the preconceived conclusion: it's all the fault of the Israeli occupation, and once Israel is out of the picture you'll see how those Palestinians will become Switzerland of the Middle East.

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Global / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Netanyahu's Can Do Minister Plans Gaza's Offshore Island Harbor

By JNi.Media

On Monday Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) told reporters: “I do not think it is right to lock up two million people without any connection to the world."

Israel / News Briefs

Earthquake Rattles Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tremors were felt in Eilat and the Negev.

Photo of the Day

Open Those Gates

By Photo of the Day

Arabs in Gaza protested at the Rafah crossing today, demanding that Egypt open the gates and let them out.

News Briefs / Europe / Egypt / Russia / ISIS

Egypt Claims Terror not Involved in Explosion of Russian Jet over Sinai

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The report from the al-Sisi government totally contradicts a Russian investigation that concluded a bomb brought down the plane that killed 224 people.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Sinai

Losing in Arbitration, Egypt Must Pay Israel $1.76 Billion for Gas Stoppage

By JNi.Media

IEC said it had sustained heavy damages as a result of Egypt’s blocking of gas supplies, forcing it to purchase more expensive fuel to generate electricity.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Russia / Sinai / ISIS

Russian Officials Says Plane Broke in Mid-Air Raising Speculation of a Bomb On Board

By JNi.Media

“The [ISIS] statement does not say they shot it down, but that they destroyed it,” Trotignon said. “You could imagine explosives on board, or sabotage.”

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Defense Ministry Official: Eilat Bound Aircraft Receive Triple Protection against Missiles

By JNi.Media

Israeli companies will continue flying to Eilat normally because their airplanes are protected in three envelopes.

Photo of the Day

If Egypt Can Destroy Gaza's Tunnels...

By Photo of the Day

If we're already being creative, here's another thought...

The Muqata

Israel Must Be Prepared to Also Redraw the Map

By JoeSettler

Israel needs to start pushing the jungle back.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Israel Arrests Senior Gaza Terrorist Linked with ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Gaza City terrorist used a surgeon's house as a base when planting bombs on IDF patrol routes.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Re-Imposes Blockade on Gaza Crossing

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cairo shut down the Rafah crossing. Israel continues to allow shipment through Kerem Shalom crossing but refuses passage for Haniyeh's sisters.

Israel / Egypt

Sinai Terrorists Kill 3 Egyptian Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jihadists in Sinai continued their war against Egypt Saturday evening and killed three soldiers and wounded four others in the northern Sinai. Egyptian military spokesman said soldiers staged counter attacks on Saturday, killing 39 jihadists and destroying two vehicles loaded with bombs.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Hamas Tried to Switch Missing Israeli with Eritrean

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas sent the missing Israeli back to Israel, only they were trying to pull a fast one.

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Egypt

Israeli Dentist Mends Peacekeeping Canine

By Jewish Press Staff

"Dano" was wounded in action. The Multinational Force turned to a Hebrew University veterinarian.

US / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS / North African States

ISIS Islamic Law on Libya that Obama Invaded to Save It from Radicals

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Billboards promote the burka, and perfumed clothes are forbidden. Obama in 2011: The US invasion protected civilians.

News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

Egypt Foils ISIS Suicide Attack near Suez

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian soldiers prevented another deadly Islamic State (ISIS) suicide attack on Wednesday, according to military sources. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives towards a military post between Cairo and Suez when the vehicle was destroyed. Egypt did not explain if its soldier actually foiled the attack or if a malfunction in the […]

News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

Sinai Jihadists Bomb Egyptian Army Bus

By Jewish Press News Desk

Islamic terrorists in the Sinai bombed a bus carrying Egyptian army soldiers Thursday and injured 25 people near el-Arish. The jihadist group linked with the Islamic State (ISIS) and which calls itself the "Sinai Province" is one of the leading terrorist groups in northern Sinai, but it has not claimed responsibility for the attack. It […]

Government / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

President Rivlin Tells Arab Media Ramadan Based on 'Compassion'

By Jewish Press Staff

"Unfortunately, there are those who seek to exploit the sanctity of Ramadan, and distort its meaning in favor of … terrorism."

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

3 Grad Rockets Were Fired on Friday from the Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

A third Grad rocket was found in the Eshkol region on Saturday.

Terrorism / Analysis / Israel / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt / ISIS

Analysis: ISIS Will Go Down to Defeat in Egypt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel, like the non-radical Islamic world. will be happy see the ISIS beheaded for once.

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

Egypt vs. ISIS: Victory or Death

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

IDF okays Egypt's heavy arms in Sinai. Al-Sisi claims it is in total control over the Sinai.

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

All-Out War South of Israeli-Sinai Border

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt attacks jihadists with F-16 warplanes. Israel closes borders to Gaza and Egypt.

Israel / News Briefs

Earthquake in Sinai Lightly Shakes Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

No damage was reported. The quake occurred on the East African rift.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

ISIS Launched Rocket in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Sinai ISIS chapter launched rockets at an airport used by MFO peacekeepers in the Sinai.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Forcing 10,000 Arabs Out of Homes in Expanded War on Hamas Tunnels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The "international community" would be denouncing left and right Israel if it even dared to think what Cairo is doing.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

ISIS Terror Cells Threaten Gaza, Sinai and Saudi Arabia

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the ISIS can gain a foothold in the Sinai, it will be on the doorstep of both Israel and Egypt.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt / ISIS

ISIS Executes Egyptian Soldier

By Jewish Press News Desk

Islamic State executed an Egyptian soldier over the weekend, in the Sinai.

J.E. Dyer

Obama Let 40-Year-Old Oil Supply Guarantee to Israel Expire in November 2014

By J. E. Dyer

Israel has never invoked the agreement, but Israel sources say that its importance lies in its very existence.

IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

Iran Pre-Purim Stunt: Israel Trains ISIS Terrorists in Sinai

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

This is not satire and not a Purim joke. It is courtesy of the Iranian regime's Fars [read: Farce] News Agency.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Gag Order Lifted on Naval Interception of Rocket Materials for Hamas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

This is all the proof anyone needs to know why there is a maritime embargo clamped on Hamas.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Blows Up 3/4-Mile Smuggling Tunnel from Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When the IDF destroys terror tunnels, it is reported as aggression. When Egypt does so, it is against terror.

News Briefs / Egypt

2 Beheaded Men Found in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian police announced that the found the bodies of 2 beheaded men in their 30s in northern Sinai. No other information is available at this point.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Beefs Up Security around Foreign Embassies

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt has deployed heavy security around foreign embassies in Cairo because of increased fears of terrorist attacks, according to the Saudi daily Ukaz. Authorities said that terrorists from the Sinai are planning to attack an embassy and that the Muslim Brotherhood is planning to strike several targets throughout Egypt to undermine the Al-Sisi regime.

Op-Eds / Analysis

Addressing the Sinai: First Step for Israeli/ Moderate Arab Alliance

By Terence Rosenthal

Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan all have much to gain in fortifying Gaza's borders.

Analysis

Egypt's al-Sisi Tips His Hand, Israel Be Careful

By Shalom Bear

Egypt's al-Sisi is in an expansionist mood. He wants Israel's permission to take over Judea and Samaria.

Terrorism / Gaza / News Briefs / Egypt

Following Tunnel Discover, Egypt to Raze More Gaza Border Homes

By Jewish Press News Desk

After discovering a tunnel from Gaza into the Sinai that extended 1850 meters, Egypt has decide to extend it sterile zone along its 14 kilometer Gazan border from 500 meters to 1000 meters.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt

Gaza Sealed Off

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel and Egypt are responding to the terror emanating from Gaza.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Sinai Terror Weapons Came From Hamas

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Egyptian soldiers were killed with weapons acquired from Hamas.

Terrorism / Egypt

Egypt in State of Emergency after Sinai Terrorists’ Massacre 33 Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency Saturday after terrorists carried out a deadly assault in the northern Sinai, killing 33 Egyptian troops. Al-Sisi charged that “this operation had a foreign fund to execute” he attack against the Egyptian army… to break the back of Egypt and Egyptians.” A car bomb […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Egypt

IDF Claims Drug Smugglers Carried out Sinai Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

With all due respect to the IDF, since when is drug smuggling not linked to terror?

News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Kills 10 Gunmen in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis Wahhabi have been responsible for multiple terror bombings in Egypt.

The Muqata

Peace With Gaza Need Not Be Expensive

By JoeSettler

Smuggling Gazans into Europe is cheaper than fighting with Gaza, and then rebuilding all the destruction.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Abbas Refused Offer to Resettle Refugees in Sinai

By Jameel@Muqata

Egypt generously offered to help end the refugee issue once and for all. Abbas refused...

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Iron Dome Intercepts Rocket in Eilat

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The number of rockets and missiles fired on Israel is decreasing, but the war is far from over.

Hamas / News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

ISIS Makes Headway into Gaza and Sinai

By Shalom Bear

Hamas denies that ISIS is in Gaza, but the facts seem to disagree.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Warning of Imminent Terror Attack in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Security officials have issued a warning of an imminent terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula in northern Egypt, and Germany has advised its citizens to flee the area. Intelligence agents in Egypt reportedly tapped phone conversations between a Sinai terrorist group and Palestinian Authority Palestinian terrorists outside of Egypt, who instructed the group how to […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

5 Dead, 14 Injured as Tourist Bus Explodes Near Eilat

By Jewish Press Staff

30 tourists of different nationalities were on the bus when it exploded.

IDF & Security / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

IDF Says 170,000 Enemy Missiles Pointed at Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The head of IDF Intelligence said on Wednesday that enemy countries have 170,000 missiles ready to be fired on Israel, a threat that is worse than the Iranian nuclear program. The numbers have been known before the sum total was announced by Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. It has been reported dozens of times […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Terrorists Attack Eilat with 2 Missiles

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas, Islamic Jihad and brethren may be able to blow up the “peace talks” with a bit more war.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Al Qaeda Cell Claims It Was behind Suicide Bombing in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

The “Champions of Jerusalem” Al Qaeda-linked terrorist cell, which calls itself Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, has claimed it was behind Tuesday's deadly suicide bombing of the police headquarters in the northern Sinai city of Mansoura. A statement by the terrorist group asserted that the attack, which killed at least 15 people, was in retaliation for Egypt’s […]

Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

After Ergdogan, Next Hamas Meeting is with Iran

By Shalom Bear

After solidifying Turkey's support for Hamas, Khaled Mashal flies to Iran to get their financial support too.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Car Bomb in Sinai Kills 4

By Jewish Press News Desk

A car bomb exploded in the Sinai on Thursday morning, killing 3 Egyptian soldiers and 1 Egyptian policeman.

Op-Eds

After the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Is Hamas in Gaza Next in Line?

By Col. Dr. Jacques Neriah

Egypt has finally decided to tackle the security threat from the Sinai Peninsula.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Egypt

Sinai Terrorists Kill 5 Egyptians

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists in the Sinai, south of Gaza, killed three Egyptian policemen, a soldier and one civilian and wounded at least six others Monday in three separate sniping attacks. Masked gunmen shot at policemen in El Arish, attacked a checkpoint near the border with Gaza and shot at a police car in an El Arish neighborhood. […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Al Qaeda Suicide Bombers Kill 11 Egyptian Soldiers at Gaza Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

A double suicide bombing attack by Al Qaeda terrorists killed at least 11 Egyptian soldiers and civilians on Wednesday at its intelligence headquarters and a checkpoint in Rafiah, on the border with Gaza. The terrorist attack came 24 hours after the Egyptian military carried out helicopter gunship raids on Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the Sinai […]

News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Egyptian Gunships Attacking Islamists in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday, Egyptian helicopter gunships attacked and killed dozens of Islamic terrorists in northern Sinai. The operation is reportedly still ongoing. Since the military coup which overthrew the elected Muslim Brotherhood president, Egypt has been stepping up operations to stamp out the Islamic terrorists who have been attacking Egyptian, and even Israeli interests. On Monday, […]

News Briefs / Egypt / European Union

EU Limits Permission to Export Weapons to Egypt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union Wednesday decided to suspend export licenses to Egypt for equipment that could be used for “internal repression” in the wake of the massive violence and increasing instability in the country. European Union Foreign Ministers also agreed to review security assistance to the military regime that has ruled Egypt since the ouster of […]

Op-Eds

As Egypt Nears Civil War, Israel on High Alert

By Yaakov Lappin

Near the Sinai peninsula, the Israeli Defense Forces continue on high alert, watching every suspicious movement in the sands near the Egyptian border for signs of the next attack.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter II

By Barbara Bensoussan

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