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Violation of peace deal? Israel's US envoy warns Egypt is 'reinforcing Sinai bases'

Leiter called it a "clear violation of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel - after some 45 years."

|ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the Egyptian military units in Suez, as he told the media in his speech that Cairo is playing a very positive role in de-escalating the Gaza crisis, Egypt, October 25, 2023.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inspects the Egyptian military units in Suez, as he told the media in his speech that Cairo is playing a very positive role in de-escalating the Gaza crisis, Egypt, October 25, 2023.

'God granted us victory': Egypt celebrates Sinai liberation day

In anticipation of the controversial Rafah operation, Egypt celebrates the land it was given back in 1982.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the South Yamas special forces counter-terrorist unit seen during a military operation on the southern Israeli border with Egypt on July 12, 2022.

Egyptian writer condemns celebration of Israeli soldiers' murders

Despite Egypt and Israel signing a peace agreement in 1979, according to many Israeli analysts, large swathes of Egypt's population remain deeply hostile toward Israel.

|ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Members of the South Yamas special forces counter-terrorist unit seen during a military operation on the southern Israeli border with Egypt on July 12, 2022.

The ‘79 Israel-Egypt peace treaty and Sinai border security - explainer

As with all of Israel's borders, there is a delicate diplomatic balance at the Israel-Egypt border, which Israel has been hesitant to change.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Egypt sees progress in ‘freeing Sinai’ from terror threats

The defeat has been accomplished through local reform, confronting extremist ideas in religious institutions and also shifting educational priorities.

APRIL 6, 2023
THE BORDER fence cuts across the arid landscape. Looking north, Egypt and the Sinai Desert are to the left of the fence and Israel and the Negev Desert lie on its right.

Gaza peace hangs in balance as Israel, Egypt at odds over truce - analysis

"Eygpt found itself under pressure from the PIJ to deliver what it promised" and Cairo is now pressing Israeli on that matter, said lecturer Ofir Winter.

AUGUST 24, 2022
Palestinian Islamic jihad militants display rockets during a military show marking the 32nd anniversary of the organisation's founding, in the central Gaza Strip October 3, 2019.

Palestinian Islamic State leader in Sinai killed by Egyptian forces - report

Hamza Adel Muhammad Al-Zamili, better known by the Jihadi moniker Abu Kazem Al-Maqdisi, was killed in combat along with nine other ISIS fighters.

AUGUST 18, 2022
A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa June 29, 2014. The offshoot of al Qaeda which has captured swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, a st

Egyptian military consolidates grip on northern Sinai

Egypt's military has secured large areas of the strategic stretch of land bordering Palestinian-run Gaza and Israel on one side and the Suez Canal on the other.

OCTOBER 20, 2021
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EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

Fallen heroes of Sinai war remembered

After France and Britain had called for a ceasefire, Israel and Egypt continued with heavy fighting in which 231 Israeli soldiers, many of them reservists, lost their lives.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020
General Ariel Sharon and chief of southern command, Aluf Shmuel Gonen, visiting an IDF outpost in the Sinai

Sisi's Islamist enemies and secret friends

FEBRUARY 25, 2018
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First casualties in Egypt's anti-terror crackdown, 16 militants killed in Sinai clashes

The security operation launched on Friday involves troops from the Egyptian air force, navy and army as well as the police and border guards.

FEBRUARY 11, 2018
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Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants

Egyptian air force pounds Sinai militants

Apart from Sinai, the Egyptian army said the operation would also cover parts of the Nile Delta and the Western Desert.

FEBRUARY 10, 2018
ByREUTERS
EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

What's behind the Egyptian-Israeli cooperation in Sinai?

A recent New York Times report left many questions unanswered: find them here.

FEBRUARY 5, 2018
An Egyptian military vehicle is seen on the highway in northern Sinai, Egypt, May 25, 2015.

Egyptian president orders: Use all brute force necessary to defeat ISIS

Sisi gives generals three months to cleanse the Sinai Peninsula of jihadist terrorists.

NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) rides a vehicle with Egypt's Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi during a presentation of combat efficiency and equipment of the armed forces in Suez, Egypt, October 29, 2017 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency.

Egyptian forces strike militants after mosque attack; death toll rises to 305

"The air force has over the past few hours eliminated a number of outposts used by terrorist elements," the army said.

NOVEMBER 25, 2017
An Egyptian military helicopter flies over debris from a Russian airliner which crashed at the Hassana area in Arish city, north Egypt, November 1, 2015.