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| Bombers Entered Sinai Through Tunnels From Hamas Territory, Used Stolen Israeli Weaponry, Cairo Officials Say | |
| 2014-10-28 | |
[IsraelTimes] Bombers entered Sinai through tunnels from Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, territory, used stolen Israeli weaponry, Cairo officials say
According to a report in the Egyptian El-Watan daily newspaper, initial investigation of the incident found that the attack was orchestrated by the Sinai-based Salafist turban group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis ... Supporters of Jerusalem, the current pen name of al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula... and that the bombers were trained in the Gazoo Strip under Mumtaz Durmush, head of Gazoo's turban Army of Islam terror group. After infiltrating into the Sinai Peninsula via smuggling tunnels from Gazoo, the bombers used stolen Israeli explosives and remote controlled devices to carry out the deadly attack, the pro-regime paper reported. It was not clear from the report how the Gazoo-based terrorist groups obtained the Israeli equipment. Hamas is known to have amassed considerable amounts of Israeli army weaponry and equipment, some of which was used in the summer's Israel-Hamas conflict. An earlier report in London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday quoted an Egyptian Interior Ministry official saying that Paleostinian holy warrior groups were behind the attack. Maj. Gen. Sameeh Beshadi, former head of security in the Northern Sinai district, told the paper that there was "no doubt that Paleostinian elements had taken part in the attacks" after slipping into Egypt from the Gazoo Strip. Hamas deputy politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzouk told Egyptian TV Monday that Hamas had no involvement in the attack. "We regret hearing about any drop of blood spilled in Egypt or anywhere in the Arab world as such news is very painful," Marzouk was quoted by Egypt's RNN News saying, denying any connection between the Islamist group ruling Gazoo and the Sinai attack. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 The Egyptians and Jordanians kept things fairly peaceful during their "occupation of Palestine". I don't think Israel would mind. The Egyptians, however, may find they've bitten off more than they can chew. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2014-10-28 20:38 |
| #5 Would the Juice have any problem with Egyptians going medieval in Gaza? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-10-28 11:24 |
| #4 HAMAS is officially denying the allegation that its org has tunnels leading into the Sinai. Hahahaha - no, wait, seriously? And a 3km buffer zone - what, the Egyptian military's just going to occupy the whole of Rafah? Just in time for Hamas to start building tunnels with their newly delivered construction supplies *into* Rafah. Then in a year or two, the Egyptians will declare a second buffer zone to take in everything up to Kahn Yunis. By 2020 they'll have occupied half the Strip... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2014-10-28 09:13 |
| #3 Israel needs to keep its explosives more secure from theft. In the past they would have been blamed for the bombing. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-10-28 07:19 |
| #2 Hence the Egyptians are angling at a 3km "buffer zone" on the Gaza border.Clearly they don't believe the denials of Hamas, and it will be interesting to see if any evidence is produced of border tunnels to Sinai. The Egyptian military dictatorship has granted itself sweeping new powers, and while this may have all sorts of implications for Israel, they are well placed to address the security of the Gaza border. Gaza Palestinians will be border-locked, still it will be the fault of the Israelis, of course. |
| Posted by: Incredulous 2014-10-28 05:34 |
| #1 HAMAS is officially denying the allegation that its org has tunnels leading into the Sinai. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-10-28 01:16 |