Two men were found decapitated in a village in North Sinai on Jan. 10; Ansar Beit Al Maqdis jihadists are suspected of the atrocity. One “terrorist element” was killed and one soldier was injured after a car chase in the Al-Wahat area of the Western desert. Unidentified gunmen shot at a police checkpoint in Giza, injuring three policemen. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will meet with the head of the World Jewish Congress. An atheist was sentenced to three years in jail by an Egyptian court for insulting Islam and “belittl[ing] the divine” via Facebook posts.
