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IS in Sinai: Israel conducted multiple airstrikes against us
The 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.... terrorist group accused Israel of conducting multiple Earlier in the day, incoming rocket alert sirens sounded in southern Israel, as a result of a missile launched in Sinai. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the projectile did not clear the border and landed within Egyptian territory. According to the IS news agency, Israel carried out three strikes over the course of three days in the area of Sheikh Zuweid in the northern peninsula. The Israel Defense Forces would not respond to the allegation. In addition, Abdullah Kishta, a former senior member of Hamas who joined the Islamic State, was killed in Sinai, according to IS-affiliated media. But the circumstances of Kashta’s death were not immediately clear. For the past two years, Kishta had reportedly worked as a bridge between the Islamic State and Hamas in the Gazoo Strip, assisting in smuggling fighters in and out of the coastal enclave. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai called Kishta out by name as a link between the two terrorist groups last year, saying the IDF had "proof" of the direct connection. In July, a former Israeli bigwig told Bloomberg news that Israel had carried out dronezaps against hard boyz operating in the Sinai Peninsula in recent years. The While it has become a well-known secret that Jerusalem and Cairo cooperate closely on security measures in the Sinai and Gazoo, many of the details of that relationship have been kept a closely guarded secret. Israel has allowed Egypt to move heavy weapons like tanks, artillery and attack helicopters into the Sinai to fight myrmidons, overlooking provisions in the landmark 1979 peace treaty between the two countries. The two sides also are considered to have close intelligence ties. The two countries have entered something of a golden age in their relationship since Sissi assumed the country’s leadership in 2013. "This is one of the best times we’ve ever had" in terms of cooperation between governments, Israeli ambassador to Cairo Haim Koren said earlier this year. "There’s good cooperation between the armies, we have understandings about the Sinai Peninsula, and basically, we see (eye-to-eye) on development of the region."
Kishtah was originally from the city of Rafah in the southern Gazoo strip, and was high-ranking official in the Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", Izzadin al-Qassam military brigade. A Der Speigel report stated that Kishtah is a central figure in increasing ISIS's fighting capabilities in Sinai, particularly over the last two years. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-12-14 |
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