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Dozens of Egyptian aid trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies began entering Gaza on Sunday, July 27th via the Karm Abu Salem crossing, Al-Qahera News reported. The convoy, which originated from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, included food, flour, and reconstruction materials. In a parallel effort, the Egyptian Red Crescent launched a major aid […]
Morocco strongly denounces and condemns the raid carried out by the Israeli army against a camp sheltering more than 100,000 displaced Palestinians near the city of Rafah, an official source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The source said the raid left dozens of civilians dead or wounded, in flagrant violation of international law […]
IS-affiliate Islamists killed a Christian priest and two security personnel in turbulent North Sinai in separate attacks on Thursday, authorities said. The Coptic priest named Raphael Moussa, 46, was reportedly gunned down by a militant who shot him in the head as he was standing next to his car in al-Arish, the capital of North […]
The Hamas delegation that arrived in Cairo on Saturday held its second round of meetings with Egyptian security officials on Sunday in a bid to ease tensions between the two sides. The delegation’s visit takes place a week after Egypt accused Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood of cooperating in the assassination of Hisham Barakat, the […]
IS-link group in Sinai Province Thursday claimed it destroyed gas pipeline supplying Jordan amid Egyptian forces’ claims they have killed dozens of militants recently. “By the name of God, not a drop of gas will reach Jordan until the caliphate gives its permission,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter. It also claimed […]
Egyptian military sources Sunday indicated that the army killed 26 terrorists and arrested five suspects in military raid in a move to weed out IS-affiliated militants. The Defense Ministry in a statement added that it carried out raids in Arish, Sheikh Zuwayed, Rafah and some areas in Central Sinai. The ministry also indicated that it […]
Egyptian security and medical officials Sunday indicated that they discovered 15 African migrants shot dead in Rafah, in North Sinai. Circumstances of their death are still unclear, the officials said. Eight Egyptians had also been found wounded but medical officials say their health condition is stable. The Sinai Peninsula is often used by African migrants […]
The Pentagon will increase the number of its troops present in the Sinai peninsula under the Multinational Force of Observers (MOF) to more than 700 with “adequate force protection.” The decision was made after four U.S soldiers were injured by an improvised explosive device on September 3. The rising threat posed by armed militias and […]
The Islamic State said Thursday it was behind the armed assault outside a checkpoint in el-Mahdiya village in Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip. One officer and three soldiers died in the attack on their vehicle near the border. The militant group Sinai Province, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic […]
Egyptian authorities re-opened on Tuesday Rafah crossing point allowing Palestinians to return to homes in Gaza. Closed since March after Egyptian authorities complained about security concerns, Rafah border is the only gate of in and out for 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza. According to Egypt MENA news agency, over 560 Palestinians were able to […]