In its latest video, Ansar Jerusalem showed footage of the Nov. 20 car bombing in North Sinai that killed 11 Egyptian security personnel. The video also video featured a clip from former al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
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The statement is the third since July in which the group has acknowledged the deaths of jihadists in the Sinai.
Mohammed Hussein Muhareb (a.k.a. Abu Mounir) had reportedly issued a fatwa supporting attacks against Egyptian security personnel.
Egyptian Islamist figure issues warning on Sinai
According to Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, some of those arrested have ties to al Qaeda-linked groups as well as Gaza-based terror groups.
What’s Behind the Wave of Terror in the Sinai
The army is currently pursuing those behind the latest attack in North Sinai and will likely increase operations in the area in response.
The Sinai-based jihadist group said the attack was in response to the arrest and interrogation of Muslim women by Egyptian security forces, and warned of additional attacks if imprisoned women are not released.
Suez Canal targeted as war in Sinai spreads
General Mohamed Farid el Tohamy also warned that some Sinai-based jihadists have managed to reach the Egyptian “mainland,” including Cairo and the Nile Delta.
Egypt’s Sinai Has Become the Latest Battleground for Global Jihadists
Undermining Sinai’s terrorist cells
Almost two months after claiming responsibility for the Sept. 5 assassination attempt on Egyptian interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem released video detailing the attack. The bomber was reportedly trained in a camp run by Muhammed Jamal al Kashef.
In a statement released to jihadist forums today, Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the recent car bombing near a military intelligence building in Ismailia. The attack follows previous warnings that it would continue to target locations tied to Egypt’s security apparatus.
The Salafi jihadist group has claimed the Oct. 7 suicide attack against the South Sinai Security Directorate in el Tor, which is at least the second suicide bombing it has carried out.
In Egypt’s Sinai, military’s harsh campaign earns pledges of retaliation
Ansar Jerusalem released footage of some of its recent attacks on Egyptian security forces in the Sinai. The release of the video comes amid growing calls for such attacks.
In the latest jihadist call for direct attacks on the Egyptian army, a media unit tied to the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem released a statement saying now is the time for “the mujahideen” to strike the army.
The Egyptian army announced that recent operations in the Sinai have led to the arrests of numerous “terrorist elements” as well as the seizure of a variety of weaponry. A leading Sinai jihadist group contended, however, that a recent army operation killed seven civilians, including four children.
Hours before two suicide car bombs were set off in the Sinai, Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks in the Sinai against Egyptian security personnel. The group’s new statement said it is an obligation to fight the army.
Two suicide car bombings in the Sinai Peninsula targeting Egyptian security personnel left at least six people dead and over a dozen wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials suspect Ansar Jerusalem is responsible.
Egypt tightens Sinai security, assesses militant threat
Three days after a massive bomb targeted Egypt’s interior minister, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem announced that a suicide bomber from its group was responsible for the attack. The announcement comes amid an ongoing crackdown on Islamist militants in the Sinai by Egyptian security forces.
Israeli intelligence agencies differ over the number of Salafi jihadists operating in the Egyptian Sinai, but they recognize a serious threat. One group, Gaza-based Jaish al Islam, is reportedly offering training camps for global jihadists.
The MSC in Jerusalem has taken responsibility for a rocket attack on Eilat just days after four members of the Salafi jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem were killed in the Sinai.
Over the past two days, photos and video from the recent funeral of four Ansar Jerusalem members have been released to jihadist forums.
Sinai-based Ansar Jerusalem has announced that four of its fighters were killed as they were preparing to fire rockets toward Israel yesterday. It still not entirely clear whether Egyptian or Israeli authorities were responsible for the strike that killed the jihadists.
Ansar Jerusalem issued a statement today claiming that it fired two rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Eilat yesterday. Rockets were last fired toward Eilat in April by the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem.
In a new statement, Ansar Jerusalem slammed President Obama’s ongoing trip to Israel and said that the visit will facilitate plots against Muslims.