A court sentenced 26 people to death for forming a terror group that sought to launch attacks against the Suez Canal. Army chief Abdel Fattah el Sisi is expected to stay on as defense minister in the new Cabinet. State TV said Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim will keep his position. In March, a court will announce whether Hamas is a terror organization in Egypt. Egyptian military helicopters struck a number of targets south of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai.
