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April 9, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-israel-threatens-to-strike-militants-if-egypt-fails-to-secure-sinai-1.423154

Report: Israel Threatens to Strike Militants If Egypt Fails to Secure Sinai

(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - Israel has warned Egypt that it would take action against militants in Sinai if Cairo did not take responsibility and secure the countries' shared border, Egyptian officials indicated on Saturday. The reported message was transferred days after Sinai militants fired a volley of Grad-type Katyusha rockets into a residential area of the southern Israeli city of Eilat. The Egyptian Supreme Military Council is aware of its ineptitude in Sinai, especially after Bedouin militias "conquered" two police stations in El-Arish and Sheikh Zuweid, and are not allowing Egyptian forces to monitor the trade taking place through tunnels between Sinai and Gaza. In response, Egypt began sending reinforcements to natural gas facilities and El-Arish last week.

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