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U.S. reviewing Sinai peacekeeper mission, looks at automating jobs
The U.S. military said on Tuesday it has formally notified Egypt andIsrael that it is reviewing multinational peacekeeping operations in the insurgency-wracked Sinai, including ways to use technology to do the job of some U.S. troops there.
Israel vs. ISIS
The tragic attacks, first in Sinai, then in Beirut, and now in Paris, should remind us that the fight against ISIS — the fight against Islamic terror — belongs to no one country and no one religion. We are all threatened, we must all fight, and with every means possible.
‘Sky Defender’ protects flights to Eilat against missiles from Sinai
Arkia Israel and Israir Airlines, which share the route to Israel’s southern tourism Mecca Eilt, have received a protective system against ground-to-Air missiles.
Israel says Islamic State’s Sinai assault aimed to help Hamas get arms
Israel accused Hamas on Tuesday of supporting last week\’s assaults by Islamic State affiliates on Egyptian forces in the Sinai in hope of freeing up arms smuggling to the Gaza Strip.
U.S. designates Sinai group that attacked Israel as terrorist
The Obama administration designated a Sinai-based group as terrorist in part because of its attacks on Israel.
Yom Kippur War: 40 years later
A week before Yom Kippur 1973, I moved from Hazerim air force base to Jerusalem to study history at Hebrew University. Yet it was life, not university, which actually taught me a history lesson.
Israel, Egypt cooperate
Did an Israeli drone cross into Egyptian airspace over the weekend and fire a rocket at gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula who were about to launch a strike on Israel? Probably. Will any Israeli or Egyptian official admit it, even off the record? Probably not.
Israel shuts airport at Egypt border, citing security
Israel took the rare step of shutting its southernmost Eilat airport near Egypt\’s Sinai peninsula for two hours on Thursday citing security concerns, military officials said.
Israel boosts rocket defenses on Egypt border
Israel has boosted its rocket defenses near its southern border with Egypt to counter possible attacks from Islamist militants fighting security forces in Egypt\’s Sinai peninsula, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.