Sinai Under Israeli Bombardment with Sisi’s Consent

Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies

Author(s): Haitham Ghoniem

Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/sinai-under-israeli-bombardment-with-sisis-consent/

The Egyptian regime under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has allowed the Israeli air force to carry out aerial survey, reconnaissance, and bombardments in the Sinai Peninsula. In August 2013, the Associated Press reported that the Israeli drones fired missiles that killed five militants in Sinai, citing two senior Egyptian security officials, but the military spokesman at the time, Col. Ahmed Ali, denied the report. “There is no truth in form or in substance to the existence of any Israeli attacks inside Egyptian territory,” he said in a statement, adding, “The claims of coordination between the Egyptian and Israeli sides in this matter are totally lacking in truth and go against sense and logic.”

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