Egyptian Army

TEL AVIV — The Islamic State has released photos over the Telegram chat application of jihadists who took part in an attack against Egyptian army headquarters, where the terrorist organization says the military operation of the Egyptian army is run against Wilyat Sinai, the Egyptian branch of IS.

TEL AVIV — Egyptian authorities are concerned that Turkey will try to sabotage the presidential elections scheduled for March to harm the position of incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, an Arab diplomatic source has told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — Two former Hamas members who entered Sinai to fight in the ranks of the Islamic State have been killed during clashes with the Egyptian army, a senior jihadist has told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV — The Islamic State terror organization has published what it claims are photos of Wilyat Sinai, the Egyptian branch of IS, purporting to show how the murderous group is forcing sharia law over those who live in their areas of control in Sinai, despite the war being waged against them by the Egyptian army.

TEL AVIV — A Hamas delegation led by the movement’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh, returned to the Gaza Strip last week after two weeks of discussions with the leadership of Egyptian intelligence.

TEL AVIV — Special intelligence forces of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, have foiled an attempt by six Hamas militants to join Wilyat Sinai, the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State, a Hamas security source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

The Islamic State group has released photos over its Telegram account purporting to show the deadly attack in northern Sinai last Friday that killed 23 Egyptian soldiers.

TEL AVIV – Bedouin tribes fighting in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula against the Islamic State group have warned Hamas against continued support for IS in Sinai. The tribes accused Hamas of allowing fighters out of the Gaza Strip to join IS’ ranks through smuggling tunnels that connect Gaza to the Sinai while providing sanctuary to IS members.

One person was killed in a drone strike in the northern Sinai in Egypt, Channel 2 reported Monday evening, citing Al Jazeera.

Hamas has turned down Cairo’s request to extradite detained jihadists who have been involved in insurgency against the Egyptian army, a Hamas official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – A Gaza jihadi was killed on Wednesday in a battle with the Egyptian army in Sinai, Breitbart Jerusalem has learned.

TEL AVIV – Egypt is in the final stages of planning a large-scale campaign against the Islamic State in the Sinai, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State’s affiliate in Egypt, Wilayat Sinai, released a video (see above) showing militants training for the organization’s ongoing battle against the Egyptian army.

TEL AVIV – An Islamic State faction in Sinai has been making gains against the Egyptian army and setting up autonomous enclaves in the peninsula, a Salafi militant source in Gaza told Breitbart Jerusalem. He claimed that the Arab and international media collude with the Egyptian army to downplay IS victories. IS, said the source, has driven troops out of the strategic Sinai towns of Sheik Zweid and Al Arish.

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State has published pictures of what the group says are dozens of new recruits training in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, warning that the terrorist group would soon confront the Egyptian army.

The Times of Israel reports: Israel closed the Kerem Shalom border crossing into the Gaza Strip and pulled out operating crews on Thursday as the Egyptian Army engaged terrorist forces in the adjacent Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian soldiers, backed with airstrikes,