Egypt Prevents Vandalism of IDF Memorial in Sinai

(Ynet News) Roi Kais - Egyptian security forces prevented Islamists from vandalizing an IDF memorial in Sinai on Wednesday - the day Egypt celebrates Sinai's liberation. According to al-Youm al-Sabaa, members of the Sinai Revolutionaries Movement were stopped in their vehicles. They were planning to paint the colors of the Egyptian flag over the monument which commemorates 10 Israeli soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash. Egypt pledged to guard the memorial as part of the 1979 Peace Treaty.


2012-04-27 00:00:00

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