EL-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb has targeted a pickup truck carrying members of the security forces in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula, killing two.
The officials say the Sunday blast took place on a road just south of the coastal city of El-Arish. Five other members of the security forces and a civilian were wounded in the attack.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of the extremist Daesh group, now leading a long-running insurgency in Sinai.
The insurgency has expanded and become deadlier since the military’s 2013 ouster of Mohammad Mursi, an Islamist president whose one-year rule proved divisive.
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Roadside bomb in Sinai kills 2 Egyptian security forces
Roadside bomb in Sinai kills 2 Egyptian security forces
Israeli far-right minister to push for ‘migration’ of West Bank, Gaza Palestinians
- Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of “encouraging the migration” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported
JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would pursue a policy of “encouraging the migration” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
“We will eliminate the idea of an Arab terror state,” said Smotrich, speaking at an event organized by his Religious Zionism Party late on Tuesday.
“We will finally, formally, and in practical terms nullify the cursed Oslo Accords and embark on a path toward sovereignty, while encouraging emigration from both Gaza and Judea and Samaria.
“There is no other long-term solution,” he added.
Since last week, Israel’s security cabinet has approved a series of measures backed by far-right ministers to tighten control over the West Bank, including in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords, in place since the 1990s.
On Tuesday, the UN missions of 85 countries condemned the measures, which critics say amounts to de facto annexation of the Palestinian territory.
“We will eliminate the idea of an Arab terror state,” said Smotrich, speaking at an event organized by his Religious Zionism Party late on Tuesday.
“We will finally, formally, and in practical terms nullify the cursed Oslo Accords and embark on a path toward sovereignty, while encouraging emigration from both Gaza and Judea and Samaria.
“There is no other long-term solution,” he added.
Since last week, Israel’s security cabinet has approved a series of measures backed by far-right ministers to tighten control over the West Bank, including in areas administered by the Palestinian Authority under the Oslo Accords, in place since the 1990s.
On Tuesday, the UN missions of 85 countries condemned the measures, which critics say amounts to de facto annexation of the Palestinian territory.
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