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| Egyptian Army Denies Reports about Israeli Air Strike Killing Militants in Sinai |
| 2013-08-10 |
| [An Nahar] Several Egyptian snuffies were killed in an air strike in Sinai on Friday as they prepared to launch a rocket into Israel, security sources and witnesses said. The source of the strike was not immediately clear. Some sources spoke of an Israeli air strike conducted from Israeli air space and others credited the Egyptian military. But Egypt's military denied any Israeli strike. "There is no truth whatsoever to any Israeli strikes inside Egyptian territory and the claims that there is Egyptian and Israeli coordination on the matter is utterly baseless," military front man Colonel Ahmed Aly said in a statement. He said the armed forces and expert teams were still combing the area where two kabooms were heard. State media said at least five members of a cell led by local Islamist snuffies were killed in the raid. Earlier, Egypt's army said two kabooms were heard at around 4:15 pm (1415 GMT) in the Al-Ojra area, three kilometers (around 1.8 miles) from the border with Israel. "The armed forces are combing the area of the kabooms to find out the cause," Colonel Aly said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Obviously the IAF is running CAS for the Egyptian Army in the Sinai attacking Palestinians. I suspect the chocolate covered cotton market is roiling. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-08-10 08:59 |
| #2 JosephM, Turkey for some reason claims Egyptian helicopters killed the rocketeers, and Israel is not claiming the hit, so clearly nobody wants a war started now over whatever actually happened. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-10 00:38 |
| #1 An IDF Drone repor attacked + destroyed two Rocket Launchers in Rafah, Egypt in what is technically an Israeli milstrike agz sovereign Egyptian territory. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-10 00:20 |