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Shin Bet: Rise in attacks from the Sinai in 2012
A newly released report from Israel’s Shin Bet shows a rise in terror attacks originating in the Sinai in 2012. In addition, the report reveals that five attempted infiltrations by terrorists were thwarted last year.
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Ansar Jerusalem: ‘The light of victory has begun to shine’
Ansar Jerusalem recently released a 52-minute video detailing the group’s attack from the Sinai into Israel on Sept. 21 that killed one Israeli soldier. The new video also sheds some light on the group’s formation.
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Ansar Jerusalem eulogizes Eilat attacker in new video
Today Ansar Jerusalem released a video to jihadist forums in which it eulogizes Ibrahim Oweidah Nasser Bereikat, who died on Aug. 26, and shows the interrogation of a “spy” involved in his assassination.
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Plot to attack tourist sites in Sinai reportedly thwarted
Last Friday, Egyptian authorities arrested five jihadists near the border with Gaza who were planning to carry out attacks against tourist sites in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Ansar Jerusalem threatens to attack Israel for killing top Salafi leaders in Gaza
Ansar Jerusalem has threatened to attack Israel in response to the killing of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah.
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Israeli intelligence: Sinai is the ‘home of an independent jihadist network’
Israeli intelligence believes that Ansar Jerusalem is responsible for the majority of the recent attacks emanating from the Sinai and that the group is increasing recruitment.
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2 Islamist militants arrested in Sinai by Egyptian forces
Egyptian authorities have reportedly arrested two Islamist militants in the Sinai, while Britain has reiterated its willingness to provide Egypt with military advice on operations against jihadists in the area.
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Ansar Jerusalem claims attack on Israeli troops in the Sinai
The group said that three Egyptians trained for the operation, and were “armed with their personal Kalashnikovs, PKs, RPGs and hand grenades, and wearing their explosive belts.”
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Egypt
Israel deploys anti-rocket battery near Egypt border: army
