One person was killed and arrested ten others were injured during a sweep initiated by dawn on Monday, the Egyptian army, assisted by police in northern Sinai in search of elements of an armed group suspected of responsibility for the bombings pipeline to export gas to the occupied Palestine and an attack on a police station in the town of El Arish end of last month, according to security sources.
Security sources said one person was killed during an exchange of fire early Monday between the army and police on one hand and a number of wanted men on the other.
The sources added that he "was arrested ten people suspected of involvement in attacks in Sinai and found in possession of 12 firearms, including three assault rifles."
The Egyptian state television said earlier Monday morning, army troops arrested six members of the "Liberation Army of Islam" to adopt, according to Egyptian media, society and the atonement is seeking to establish an Islamic emirate in northern Sinai.
Israeli radio reported Monday that the Israeli entity has given the green light for the deployment of thousand soldiers Egyptians in Sinai to "restore order", while the Haaretz newspaper said the political director of the military in the Defense Ministry, Amos Gilad visited Cairo on Sunday where he spoke to officials about the security operations in the Sinai.
Under the settlement agreement entered into between the parties in 1979 on the demilitarization of the Sinai. Did not agree with the Israeli entity on any of the text exceeded only once in 2005 when he allowed the police force stationed on the Egyptian Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The Egyptian security official announced Saturday that the tanks of the Egyptian army entered the region Zuid-Sheikh in the northern Sinai, about 15 km from the Gaza Strip in preparation for operations that target the perpetrators of attacks on the pipeline which supplies gas to the occupied Palestine and the police stations.
The officials said the tanks and more than a thousand troops and police were deployed on Friday and Saturday to try to restore order to an area not subject to the law in the north of the Sinai Peninsula before advancing south to the mountainous region where gunmen hiding outlaws.
Witnesses said Saturday that a number of armored vehicles entered Rafah, while other tanks are stationed in El Arish, about forty kilometers from the Gaza Strip.
More than a hundred masked men with automatic weapons attacked a police station two weeks ago in the town of El Arish, killing two officers in the army and police and three civilians.
According to one eyewitness said leaflets signed by "Al Qaeda in Sinai" were distributed last week in Rafah which included a threat to launch new attacks on the police.
He denied a senior official in the military and the existence of any branch of the Egyptian al-Qaeda, but officials accused the government in recent years, the organization responsible for attacks on tourist resorts in Sinai between 2004 and 2006.
A security official said that "the forces that will published in several forms of attacks for the arrest of wanted persons" suspected of involvement in the attack on the police station.
As the army looking for the perpetrators of five attacks on the pipeline which supplies gas to the occupied Palestine.
Security officials said that the process will begin in El Arish and Sheikh Zuwaid move to where the authorities believe that Islamic militants were hiding, and the border town of Rafah.
He said an official at the Interior Ministry said four armored vehicles entered the Zuid-Sheikh, which lies about 15 km from the Gaza border.
Witnesses said the tanks stationed in the city, the police deployed for the first time since January, which saw the outbreak of the revolution.
The officials said the operation, dubbed "Eagle," will expand to the north after combing the mountainous central Sinai, which is a haven for outlaws.
Security sources said one person was killed during an exchange of fire early Monday between the army and police on one hand and a number of wanted men on the other.
The sources added that he "was arrested ten people suspected of involvement in attacks in Sinai and found in possession of 12 firearms, including three assault rifles."
The Egyptian state television said earlier Monday morning, army troops arrested six members of the "Liberation Army of Islam" to adopt, according to Egyptian media, society and the atonement is seeking to establish an Islamic emirate in northern Sinai.
Israeli radio reported Monday that the Israeli entity has given the green light for the deployment of thousand soldiers Egyptians in Sinai to "restore order", while the Haaretz newspaper said the political director of the military in the Defense Ministry, Amos Gilad visited Cairo on Sunday where he spoke to officials about the security operations in the Sinai.
Under the settlement agreement entered into between the parties in 1979 on the demilitarization of the Sinai. Did not agree with the Israeli entity on any of the text exceeded only once in 2005 when he allowed the police force stationed on the Egyptian Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The Egyptian security official announced Saturday that the tanks of the Egyptian army entered the region Zuid-Sheikh in the northern Sinai, about 15 km from the Gaza Strip in preparation for operations that target the perpetrators of attacks on the pipeline which supplies gas to the occupied Palestine and the police stations.
The officials said the tanks and more than a thousand troops and police were deployed on Friday and Saturday to try to restore order to an area not subject to the law in the north of the Sinai Peninsula before advancing south to the mountainous region where gunmen hiding outlaws.
Witnesses said Saturday that a number of armored vehicles entered Rafah, while other tanks are stationed in El Arish, about forty kilometers from the Gaza Strip.
More than a hundred masked men with automatic weapons attacked a police station two weeks ago in the town of El Arish, killing two officers in the army and police and three civilians.
According to one eyewitness said leaflets signed by "Al Qaeda in Sinai" were distributed last week in Rafah which included a threat to launch new attacks on the police.
He denied a senior official in the military and the existence of any branch of the Egyptian al-Qaeda, but officials accused the government in recent years, the organization responsible for attacks on tourist resorts in Sinai between 2004 and 2006.
A security official said that "the forces that will published in several forms of attacks for the arrest of wanted persons" suspected of involvement in the attack on the police station.
As the army looking for the perpetrators of five attacks on the pipeline which supplies gas to the occupied Palestine.
Security officials said that the process will begin in El Arish and Sheikh Zuwaid move to where the authorities believe that Islamic militants were hiding, and the border town of Rafah.
He said an official at the Interior Ministry said four armored vehicles entered the Zuid-Sheikh, which lies about 15 km from the Gaza border.
Witnesses said the tanks stationed in the city, the police deployed for the first time since January, which saw the outbreak of the revolution.
The officials said the operation, dubbed "Eagle," will expand to the north after combing the mountainous central Sinai, which is a haven for outlaws.
http://www.alalam.ir/egyptian-army-begins-a-campaign-in-northern-sinai
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