(Al Ahram-Egypt) In a statement aired on Egyptian state television Monday, Egypt's armed forces said elements from Gaza took part in the deadly attack in Sinai on Sunday. "Coinciding with the attack, elements from Gaza carried out a mortar shell attack on the Karam Abu-Salem border crossing." Similarly, an Egyptian security official was quoted by Egypt's state-run news agency, MENA, as saying that Islamist elements who infiltrated Egypt from Gaza through tunnels are behind the attacks, along with other Islamists situated in the areas of Al-Halal Mountain and Al-Mahdia in eastern Sinai.
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