Al-Jazeera reported tonight (Sunday) that armed rebels have blown up a gas pipeline in northern Sinai connecting Israel and Egypt. The report in Al-Jazeera relied on quotes from local sources stating that it was an explosion that allegedly took place in the Bir al-‘Abd area in the Sinai region, where …
Read More »An 82-year-old Israeli hiker from the Hefer Valley drowned during a dive in Sinai
Yonatan Peled, 82, from Kibbutz Maabarot in the Hefer Valley, drowned last Friday, before the beginning of Shabbat during a dive at Ras Abu Glom beach in Dahab in Sinai. Haim Weingarten, head of the ZAKA Brigade, said that "This is a difficult and unfortunate case, citizens who were on …
Read More »Egypt: A suicide bombing on the way to Arish in Sinai was thwarted
The security forces in Egypt recently (Thursday) thwarted an attempted attack on a security crossing in El Arish. According to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior, a suicide bomber who arrived at the security crossing where Egyptian soldiers are stationed was shot by the forces on the …
Read More »Leakage from Egypt: A shell was found in Bnei Netzarim, no casualties
Sappers and Israeli police forces handled the scene of the fall of Amal items this morning (Saturday)"H. In the locality of Bnei Netzarim. No casualties were reported in the incident and there was minor damage to vehicles and a building wall, apparently from splashes of the item. This is a …
Read More »Abdullah Morsi, the son of the former Egyptian president, died of a heart attack
Abdullah Morsi, the son of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, died of a severe heart attack at Oasis Hospital in Giza province, south of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Egyptian media reported that Abdullah Morsi, the youngest son of 24-year-old Muhammad Morsi, died following a sudden deterioration in his condition …
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