Gazette staff Cairo, April 23, 2018 – Minister of Defence and Military Production Sedki Sobhi and Army Chief-of-Staff Mohamed Farid sent on Monday cables of congratulations to President Abdel Fattah EL Sisi on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the liberation of Sinai. April 25 marks Egypt's celebration of the withdrawal of the Israeli soldiers from Sinai in 1982, following the 1979 peace accord signed after Egypt's victory in the 1973 war. This day is a public holiday, in which Egyptians give tribute to the officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces.