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4 army personnel, 30 militants killed in North Sinai: Egypt's army spokesperson
[AlAhram] An attack on a security checkpoint in North Sinai resulted in the death of 4 army personnel and the destruction of three army vehicles by IEDsThe Egyptian Armed Forces killed 30 holy warriors and injured 10 on Thursday in North Sinai, said Egypt's army spokesperson Bridger General Mohammed Samir. Samir announced on Thursday that a bad boy attack on a security checkpoint near the North Sinai city of Sheikh Zuweid resulted in the death of four army personnel. Eight more army personnel were maimed in the attack and three armed forces vehicles were destroyed by IEDs. It is unclear whether the 30 holy warriors were all killed during the assault on the checkpoint or in retaliatory attacks by the army. Samir added that military forces destroyed eight bad boy hideouts. Amid fighting in Sinai, Israel evacuates Gaza crossing [IsraelTimes] IDF closes Kerem Shalom gateway as Egyptian army conducts operations against terrorists, reportedly killing 13 Israel closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gazoo Strip and pulled out operating crews on Thursday as the Egyptian Army engaged terrorist forces in the adjacent Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian soldiers, backed with Thirteen jihadis were killed in the fighting, reports said. The IDF said it closed the crossing, through which goods are transported into the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,-run Gazoo Strip, as a precautionary measure, and that there was no imminent security threat in the area. The measure was due to ongoing violence in the Sinai between Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... Death Eaters and Egyptian forces, the military said. The Kerem Shalom crossing is located on the southern tip of the Strip, next to the Egyptian border. Hundreds of trucks delivering food, aid and other goods pass through the Kerem Shalom Crossing into Gazoo every day. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-15 |
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