Times Egypt policeman killed in a Sinai attack claimed by IS Egypt's interior ministry said a gunman shot dead a police officer in north Sinai in an attack claimed on Monday by the Islamic State group. The gunman shot the police major in El-Arish, the provincial capital of North Sinai, on Sunday night, the ministry said in a statement. Ynetnews Defense Minister says Egypt Israel's most important Middle East ally Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said during an hour of questions in the Knesset that Egypt is the most important and serious ally we have in the Middle East and among Arab states. He added, "I invested a lot of effort in building trust and cooperative relations. The starting point of our agreement with Turkey has to be Egypt,"