Security intensified in Suez after Gaza attacks, says chief

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Security intensified in Suez after Gaza attacks, says chief

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Military army personnel staying guard close to Suez Canal in anticipation of protests, July 13, 2011. Army's heavy presence in Suez comes in the heel of threats by families of protesters killed during January 25th Revolution to bring work at Suez Canal to a halt - only to prompt an Army's "impatient" - according to many commentators and activists - statement recently.

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Al-Masry Al-Youm

Suez security head Major General Adel Refaat said Thursday security has been intensified at the Ahmed Hamdy tunnel and along the Suez Canal because of the incidents taking place in Gaza.

Refaat said that the Armed Forces and police are coordinating to ensure stability, adding that security leaders have inspected the patrols.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Israeli warplanes bombed targets in and around Gaza City, killing 15 Palestinians and injuring at least 150, Gazan medics told AFP.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm