ABC News Bomb Blast Kills Senior Police Officer in Egypt's Sinai Egypt's Interior Ministry says a roadside bomb has killed a senior police officer in the northwestern region of the Sinai Peninsula, home of the country's Islamic State affiliate. In a statement Wednesday, the ministry says Brig. Gen. Ahmed Ibrahim, who was deputy head of criminal investigations in Egypt's North Sinai province, was killed on his way back from a joint police and army raid in el-Arish, the provincial capital. The ministry added that a second officer was wounded, without elaborating. Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bomb-blast-kills-senior-police-officer-egypts-sinai-31336956 Times of Israel Israel said unfazed by sale of S-300 missiles to Egypt Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel brushed off concerns over Egypt's reported acquisition of the Russian S-300 air defense system. At a conference Wednesday, Eshel conveyed Israel's worry that Russia's impending sale of S-300 rockets to Iran would make it more difficult to stop Iran's nuclear program militarily, a fact that could also make it more difficult to stop the program diplomatically. "It (an Iranian S-300) is a very big challenge. It is a strategic problem long before it is an operational problem," Eshel said, according to Reuters. "Someone who has an S-300 feels protected and can do more aggressive things because he feels protected." Read More: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-unfazed-by-sale-of-s-300-missiles-to-egypt/ Jerusalem Post Egyptian Army kills 12 suspected terrorists in Sinai The Egyptian Army killed 12 suspected terrorists on Monday night during raids in northern Sinai. Security forces arrested another 18 suspects and destroyed terrorist hideouts, Aswat Masriya reported, citing security sources quoted by Egypt's state news agency MENA . Earlier on Monday a military conscript was killed and an officer was injured, according to military sources. The Egyptian military has continued aggressive operations against terrorists based in Sinai, with almost daily reports of casualties on both sides.
