Egyptian authorities requested Hamas to open an urgent investigation into three brothers of the Palestinian Shaer family, who kidnapped an Egyptian man by the name of Gamil al-Sayeh from the city of Rafah and took him to the Gaza Strip through (...)
The Al-Tiaha tribe has besieged the Al-Nakhalwa tribe in Sinai since Sunday, accusing it of smuggling Africans and stealing their organs. They killed a Nakhlwa tribesman, whom they believe is involved in human organ trafficking, and arrested his (...)
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas, was handed over to Egyptian authorities on Tuesday, in a swap deal mediated by the Egyptian intelligence service. He was taken in a black sedan through the Rafah Crossing.
An informed source (...)
The Central Israeli Court issued a ruling on Wednesday for the release of three children who have been imprisoned in Israel for three months on allegations of having infiltrated the country. The Israeli prosecution decided not to appeal the case, (...)
Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint on Sunday, in the Tawil district, 15 km north of the city of Arish in Sinai. They exchanged fire with police for an hour and a half, resultilng the wounding of two people.
Eyewitnesses said the attackers (...)
Israel has confirmed in a report that the extra troops it is deploying along the Egypt-Israel border are targeting Palestinian Jihad suspects that plan further attacks on Israel, according to high ranking Egyptian officials.
Israel had announced on (...)
Bin Laden's doctor, Ramzy Moafy, who escaped from prison during the revolution, held military exercises south of Arish in Sinai, informed sources have said.
They said Moafy led the exercises for 40 armed men under the protection of 13 (...)
Egyptian authorities have identified three of the people responsible for carrying out a terrorist attack in Israel, just north of Eilat, on Thursday, in which seven Israelis were killed, according to an Egyptian security source.
The same source (...)
Egyptian security services are trying to identify a suicide bomber who they say killed three Egyptian soldiers at border checkpoint no. 79 on Friday.
According to security sources, a group of Egyptian soldiers approached a young man they saw lying (...)
The Salafi Group in North Sinai, an umbrella organization bringing together Salafis across the governorate, has announced the formation of committees to resolve disputes among the tribes of Rafah, Sheikh Zewayed and Arish through customary tribunals (...)