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Egypt Intensifies Operations in Sinai, Army Prepares to Evacuate Gaza Border Area
(Jerusalem Post) Ariel Ben Solomon - After 33 Egyptian security personnel were killed on Friday in Sinai, Egypt prepared to evacuate residents along the border with Gaza in order to create a buffer zone, Egyptian media reported. A joint committee of the Egyptian army and the Rafah City Council surveyed over 800 houses and 10,000 residents, who were offered financial compensation, land or housing in exchange for their evacuation. Egypt rushed special forces by air to Sinai to help combat the Islamist insurgency, Ahram Online reported on Monday.