Foreign Minister Hamdi threatened to close the Ras Jadir and Wazin-Dehiba border crossings, as at least 5,000 people per day have been entering Tunisia from Libya through Ras Jadir recently, and he ordered stepped up security at Ras Jadir. The Defense Ministry accepted the July 23 resignation of army chief General Mohamed Salah Hamdi, who resigned "for personal reasons" after a militant attack in Jebel Chaambi that killed 15 soldiers and wounded 20. A Salafist who provided material and logistical support to terrorist groups was arrested in El Kef on July 27. Five members of a "dormant" terrorist cell were arrested in Mahdia. Two soldiers were killed in a clash with terrorists in Kef on July 26.
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