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Egypt
Officials said 20 terrorists were killed and 41 others wounded or arrested in North Sinai operations. In central Sinai, unidentified gunmen wounded an Egyptian soldier. Security sources said some of those behind the recent bombings in Cairo were apprehended. The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with 50 others, was referred to trial on charges […]
Ansar Jerusalem
Shadowy jihadist group poses grave threat to Egypt
Ajnad Misr, Egypt’s latest jihadist group
The group, which has thus far limited its attacks to the Cairo area, has been described as “our brothers” by Ansar Jerusalem. Jihadists have increasingly promoted Ajnad Misr’s material in recent days.
Israel
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for a recent rocket attack on Eilat. The IDF said there was a dramatic increase in terror from the Gaza Strip in January. An Israeli cabinet minister said that if rocket fire from the Gaza Strip continues, Israel may invade and topple Hamas’ government.
Hamas
Hamas removes its rocket-prevention squads from Israel-Gaza border
Ansar Jerusalem takes credit for latest Eilat rocket attack
This was the second such attack claimed by the group in the past two weeks. An Iron Dome missile defense battery intercepted the latest rocket and is likely to remain in the area over the coming weeks.
Egypt
In recent days, the Egyptian military has claimed to have killed some 20 Islamist militants in operations in North Sinai. The army said security forces destroyed four smuggling tunnels and explosives in the Rafah area. Unidentified assailants fired three rockets toward a security post in Sheikh Zuweid. Separately, the headquarters of the military prosecutor in […]
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda now frontline threat to Israel
Egypt’s army claims 20 Islamist militants killed in recent Sinai airstrikes
Airstrikes in North Sinai appear to have increased in recent days after Ansar Jerusalem released video of its fighters downing an Egyptian military helicopter with a MANPADS.
Egypt
The army said security forces foiled a pair of car bomb plots in North Sinai by Ansar Jerusalem, and that forces had killed seven terrorists, including one involved in the August 2012 attack in Rafah. The car of a senior prosecutor was blown up in the city of Minya.
Israel
Two suspected al Qaeda operatives who sought to conduct bombings in Israel were indicted. Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian who had opened fire on Israeli authorities and civilians. Defense Minister Ya’alon said Hezbollah now possesses 100,000 rockets and missiles. The head of IDF intelligence said there are now at least 30,000 jihadists in […]
Egypt
After firing at security forces in North Sinai, three terrorists were killed in clashes. The army used Apache helicopters to bomb sites linked to terrorists in North Sinai. The army claimed to have killed two terrorists in the bombings, though security officials said eight were killed, including a senior Ansar Jerusalem member. Authorities levied formal […]
Algeria
France revises counter-terrorism strategy in Africa
Hamas
Abbas proposes three-year Israeli pullout from West Bank
Ansar Jerusalem
Petraeus: Terrorists With Missiles Could Down Global Air Traffic
Ansar Jerusalem claims Cairo assassination and Sinai pipeline attack
The group issued statements today threatening that the fate of the Interior Ministry official in Cairo would be shared by others, and that attacks against the Egyptian army’s economic interests would continue.
Egypt
Former president Mohammed Morsi went to court for his trial related to a January 2011 jail break. An Egyptian general in the Interior Ministry was shot dead outside his home in Cairo. In a separate attack in Cairo, at least one policeman was killed and two others wounded when gunmen opened fire on a church. […]
Ansar Jerusalem
SAMs in Egypt’s Sinai
Sinai gas pipeline targeted for 2nd time in 2014
The Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem has targeted gas pipelines in the Sinai Peninsula more than a dozen times since 2011. It recently threatened to increase attacks against economic targets tied to the Egyptian army.
Israel
Some Israeli Defense Ministry computers were recently targeted in an apparent cyberattack. An IDF vehicle traveling along the Gaza border was targeted by an IED. The Shin Bet released its annual for 2013, which found a sharp rise in the number of terror attacks in the West Bank. According to the report, only 74 rockets […]
Egypt
Unidentified gunmen shot at cars passing along a highway in the Nasr City area. Army chief Abdel Fatah el Sisi is expected to soon announce plans to run in presidential elections, a move supported by the military. Authorities reportedly destroyed 11 smuggling tunnels along the border with Gaza.
Palestinian Territories
Armed Hamas fighters made a rare public appearance in the West Bank city of Jenin. A Gaza-based terror group claimed to have manufactured a new missile launcher that it will use against Israel. Hamas again denied having any connections to violence in Egypt’s Sinai.
Hezbollah
Israeli Soldiers Confront Hezbollah Terrorists in Lifelike Simulation
Saudi MSC in Jerusalem fighter fought in Libya, sought to join ‘mujahideen’ in Somalia
Saudi national Adi Saleh Abdullah al Fudhayli al Hadhli, who died in June 2012 in an attack against Israel, had originally sought to join the “mujahideen” in Somalia. In 2011, he traveled to Libya to fight in the Libyan civil war.
Zawahiri’s message ‘to our people in Sinai’
In the message, Zawahiri mentions “muhajireen,” or foreign fighters, coming to the Sinai and needing the protection of locals. The presence of foreign fighters in the Sinai has long been speculated, but never conclusively proven to be a widespread phenomenon.
Al Qaeda
Israel extends detention of suspected al Qaeda men
Egypt
Ansar Jerusalem released video of its SAM attack on an Egyptian military helicopter in North Sinai. Unidentified gunmen ambushed a bus transporting soldiers in North Sinai and killed at least three. An American citizen recently detained by Egyptian authorities was released.
Ansar Jerusalem claims SAM attack as 3 soldiers killed in Sinai bus ambush
Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for at least four additional attacks in North Sinai, but appeared to back off its original claims for attacks near the Talabiya police station and Behooth metro station in the Cairo area on Jan. 24.
Ansar Jerusalem
Can Egypt Handle Ansar Bayt al Maqdis?