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Articles of the author Osama Khaled Salah ElBoluk Ahmed Abu Draa
Israeli court orders release of Egyptian children held in custody
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, (...)

05 - 10 - 2011
Gunmen attack police checkpoint in Sinai
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 (...)

12 - 09 - 2011
Palestinian factions welcome opening of Rafah crossing
The Palestinian Fatah and Hamas movements have welcomed the decision of the Egyptian authorities to permanently open the Rafah border crossing. As of Sunday, the crossing will by open from 9 am to 5 pm every day except Fridays. Women of all ages, as (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
Egyptian company to test re-pumping of gas to Israel
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has announced that it is making preparations for a test pumping of gas to Jordan and Israel to take place in the next few hours. The prepaprations included raising gas pressure inside the pipline that (...)

14 - 03 - 2011
Egypt policeman killed by smugglers in Sinai
An Egyptian policeman was shot dead on Monday by human smuggling gangs and drug dealers near the Egyptian-Israeli border, according to a security source. Abdel Sattar Farrag, 23, a police officer, was killed following a violent encounter with (...)

25 - 01 - 2011
Gaza-bound European aid to arrive in Arish on Tuesday
The "Road to Hope" Humanitarian Aid Convoy is scheduled to arrive in the Egyptian coastal city of Arish on Tuesday. According to project coordinator Mohamed al-Haddad, the convoy will provide the besieged coastal enclave with 30 ambulances and 95 (...)

22 - 11 - 2010
Gunfire in Sinai market kills child
Indiscriminate gunfire at a popular market in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid has left a ten-year-old boy dead and a man and women wounded. People at the scene caught one of the shooters and delivered him to police, but several assailants (...)

06 - 09 - 2010
Police injure, arrest 2 Sudanese on Egypt-Israel border
Egyptian border police injured two Sudanese nationals in a brief exchange of fire while the latter attempted to cross into Israel through Egypt's Rafah border terminal. The two would-be migrants, whose weapons were seized by police, later told (...)

15 - 08 - 2010
Libyan aid trucks enter Gaza Strip via Rafah
Eight trucks laden with humanitarian supplies belonging to the "Jerusalem" Libyan aid convoy entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday via Egypt's Rafah border crossing. Additional food supplies that still remain in the Egyptian coastal city of Al-Arish are (...)

03 - 08 - 2010
Factory bus hijacked by armed men in Sinai
A bus transporting 30 factory workers to their workplace in the Sinai Peninsula was hijacked by armed men on Tuesday. The hijackers reportedly released passengers before stealing the bus. Preliminary investigations revealed that the bus belonged to (...)

27 - 07 - 2010
Authorities move to preempt Bedouin Sinai conference
Security forces increased their presence along the roads of the central Sinai Peninsula on Sunday in an effort to prevent a conference from being held by wanted Bedouin fugitives. Police set up numerous checkpoints along roads in the area to ensure (...)

25 - 07 - 2010
North Sinai governor''s statements outrage Bedouins
North Sinai Bedouin tribes were outraged by remarks made by the province's governor, Mohamed Mourad Muwafi, which they viewed as accusing the Bedouins of aiming to establish a border state, treason, and serving Israel's interests. Tribal chiefs (...)

25 - 07 - 2010
Authorities release 20 more Bedouin detainees
Security authorities in the Governorate of North Sinai released 20 Bedouin detainees on Sunday, bringing the total number of detainees released by the government in recent weeks to 98. Those released include political dissidents, Bedouin tribesmen (...)

18 - 07 - 2010
Libyan aid supplies enter Gaza via Egypt
Aid supplies from the Libyan ship "El-Amal" began arriving in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after the Israeli navy forced the Gaza-bound vessel to dock at the Egyptian port of El-Arish. The aid was transported into Gaza via the Rafah and Karam Abu Salem (...)

18 - 07 - 2010
Libyan aid ship docks in Arish port
The Libyan humanitarian aid ship heading to the Gaza Strip has reached Arish seaport in Egypt on Thursday, after being forced to enter Egyptian waters by the Israeli navy. The Egyptian Red Crescent started unloading the ship's 1517-ton cargo to send (...)

15 - 07 - 2010
Al-Masry Al-Youm interviews released Sinai activist Mosaad Abu Fajr
In 2007, Sinai activist Mosaad Abu Fajr was imprisoned for allegedly organizing a demonstration against a housing demolition in Salah Eddin, on Egypt's border with Gaza. A vocal promoter of Bedouin rights, Abu Fajr had also just founded the Wedna (...)

15 - 07 - 2010
Israel forces Libyan ship into Egyptian waters
Israel announced it has forced the Libyan humanitarian aid ship heading to the Gaza Strip to enter Egyptian waters. The ship was followed by eight Israeli zodiacs to make sure it does not change course. The cargo ship which set sail from Greece is (...)

14 - 07 - 2010
20 more Bedouin detainees released
The Interior Ministry decided to release another 20 Bedouin detainees on Monday, as promised by Interior Minister Habib el-Adly in his meeting with Sinai Bedouin tribal leaders last week. The minister had promised tribal leaders that security (...)

11 - 07 - 2010
Bedouin leaders want new pact with government
Tribal leaders from the North Sinai Governorate have called for a new agreement between local tribes and the government aimed at achieving stability, preventing further deterioration of the Bedouins' relationship with Cairo, and promoting (...)

05 - 07 - 2010
Security releases 7 Sinai Bedouin
Seven Bedouin detainees were freed yesterday and more will be released soon, security sources have announced. Meanwhile, a number of North Sinai Bedouins wanted by security authorities have rejected a request by parliament members for a consultation (...)

04 - 07 - 2010
Police: 250 kg of hash seized on border
Security sources said on Sunday that police had confiscated 250 kg of Hashish from drug smugglers in the southern Sinai Peninsula. The sources said that the smugglers, who had been attempting to cross the border into Israel, had shot at police (...)

04 - 07 - 2010
Wafd Party medical convoy enters Gaza
A medical aid caravan dispatched by the opposition Wafd Party arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. The convoy includes eight pickup trucks carrying medicine and medical equipment. Wafd Party President El-Sayed el-Badawi said he was unable (...)

01 - 07 - 2010
Hamas prepares to receive Gaza aid convoy
Hamas security forces have begun drills at Gaza's seaport in preparation for receiving the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, an aid mission composed of eight vessels that will attempt to break the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel since 2007. An (...)

27 - 05 - 2010
Mysterious man offers to buy land on Egypt-Gaza border
A man calling himself General Gabri has approached various tribes in Sinai, offering to buy all the land around the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Gabri reportedly asked local tribes to set the price they want, even if it is higher than (...)

11 - 05 - 2010
North Sinai launches signature campaign against el-Qassas
Arish--Residents from North Sinai have launched a campaign to gather signatures to call for MP Nashaat el-Qassas' membership in the People's Assembly to be revoked after he made statements urging the police to shoot protesters. Other political (...)

21 - 04 - 2010
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