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A picture shows the Israeli Red Sea resort of Eilat on August 2, 2010 after at least five rockets fell in and around the southern Israeli resort. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, Israel police said. One rocket also slammed into the Jordanian port of Aqaba, injuring four people, one of them seriously, officials said, describing the missile as a Grad-type rocket.
Egypt warned Israel of rocket attack, Israeli paper reports
Al-Masry Al-Youm 18 Apr 2013
  The Israeli army says it received warning from Egypt ahead of the Wednesday rocket attacks on Eilat, Israeli...
Update: Abducted Hungarian citizen released
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Apr 2013
The Hungarian peacekeeping officer abudcted by unknown assailants in Sinai on Thursday has been released, AFP quoted...
Egyptian border policemen stands guard on the Egyptian side of the Palestinian Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011 as Egypt reopened the border, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years.
Interior Ministry admits security failure in Rafah
Al-Masry Al-Youm 10 Apr 2013
  A interior ministry official admitted there was a security failure in Rafah, North Sinai, in a Shura Council...
  The site of Serabit al-Khadim still preserves the remains of the largest ancient Egyptian temple in the Sinai Peninsula. Located at an elevation, almost 800 meters above sea level, the temple is built of tens of stele inscribed by the chiefs of ancient mining expeditions
Companies may start transporting money via air due to security concerns
Al-Masry Al-Youm 04 Mar 2013
Private security companies and banks may start transporting money in South Sinai via air due to the lack of security...
Military source: No negotiation with Salafi protesters blocking Sinai road
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Feb 2013
Security agencies will not negotiate with Salafi protesters who have blocked the Bir Lahfan-Arish Road to demand the...
An Egyptian soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Rafah city on the Egyptian border, 6 August 2012. Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police on Sunday and seized two military vehicles to attack a crossing point into Israel, the deadliest incident in Egypt's tense Sinai border region in decades.
Four injured in Sinai blast
Al-Masry Al-Youm 25 Nov 2012
Four people were injured in a blast at a partially constructed building belonging to the Central Security Forces in...
محمد البلتاجي، الأمين العام المساعد للكتلة البرلمانية لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين، ومرشح الجماعة علي مقعد العمال بدائرة غرب شبرا الخيمة في انتخابات مجلس الشعب، يقف وسط المئات من مؤيديه يوم انعقاد الانتخابات، شبرا الخيمة، القليوبية، 28 نوفمبر 2010.
Brotherhood leader sees US, Israeli role in Sinai instability
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Nov 2012
A senior leader at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party said there are “clear indications...
An Egyptian soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Rafah city on the Egyptian border, 6 August 2012. Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police on Sunday and seized two military vehicles to attack a crossing point into Israel, the deadliest incident in Egypt's tense Sinai border region in decades.
Sinai security forces attacked for second time in 24 hours
Al-Masry Al-Youm 12 Nov 2012
Militants fired on a Central Security Forces camp in Arish, North Sinai Monday morning, fleeing into the desert when...
Pentagon official arrives in Cairo to discuss Sinai security
DPA 11 Nov 2012
The US assistant defense secretary for international security affairs arrived in Cairo Sunday, leading a delegation on...
Egyptian security forces arrest suspected militants after a firefight at the al-Goura settlement in Egypt's north Sinai region, about 15 km (10 miles) from the border with Israel, 11 August 2012. Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout at the settlement near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
Doubts cast over military’s ability to fill Sinai security gap
Omar Halawa 07 Nov 2012
On the ground, checkpoints were emptied of all policemen, while military armored vehicles were stationed on the streets...