Egypt army kills 32 "criminal elements" in Sinai
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The Egyptian army said Saturday it had killed 32 "criminal elements" during major operations it carried out in the past month in the Sinai Peninsula. They were launched after August 5 attack near the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, which had killed 16 Egyptian border guards.
A military spokesman, Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Ali, said that 38 people, including "non-Egyptians" were arrested during the "Sinai operation," launched on August 7.
"The operation will continue until it reaches its objectives, which are not only military but also aim to develop the Sinai," one of the poorest regions of Egypt, he said.
The spokesman assured that the military deployment in this area is in accordance to the peace agreement with Israel and in "coordination" with the Jewish state.
Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak expressed last week his hope that the Egyptian army withdraws reinforcements deployed in Sinai once this operation is completed.
Colonel Ali added that 31 underground tunnels linking the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip to Egyptian territory had been destroyed during these operations, which also enabled the Egyptian forces to seize automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades and ammunition.
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I'm... not sure I understand what that picutre is depicting. That's the "site" of the latest Hamas missile attack. And in that same picutre is the fence, through which they broke, to get into Israel... to fire their missile? And because the sight of the attack is across the border from an Egyptian post, that indicates they... perpetrated it?If the "site" is where the missile landed, or where it was launched from, it doesn't make sense either way. Why would they knock down the fence, so they could launch it 20 feet closer? And if it's where the missile landed... why knock down the fence, and wouldn't that indicate the Egyptians were the target?
