Egyptian army soldiers seen in a watchtower on the border with Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip in July 2013. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Egyptian Military: Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula Jihadists Conducting Joint Operations -- The Tower
The Egyptian military’s ongoing campaign to uproot terrorist infrastructure in the Sinai Peninsula is more and more focusing explicitly on securing the territory’s border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The army is clearing buildings – many of which are used as cover for smuggling tunnels that Cairo blames for facilitating jihadism in the Sinai – up to one kilometer from the border.
Army officials – who have long linked Hamas to deepening chaos in the region – are now going on the record blaming the group for everything short of directly participating in attacks:
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