Sinai. Israelis asked to leave at once
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Report: Egypt fears terrorists infiltrated Gaza
Day after Israel issues Sinai travel warning, Palestinian news agency says Egyptian security forces have raised level of alert along border with Strip, fearing group of seven men has managed to enter Gaza in bid to carry out attacks against Israel
Egypt's
security forces have raised their level of alert in the Sinai peninsula and along the border with Gaza for fear that a group of seven terrorists has managed to infiltrate the Strip in order to carry out an attack against Israel,
Palestinian news agency Maan reported Friday evening.
An Egyptian security source told the news agency that the seven wanted men may have already infiltrated Gaza. According to the report, one of the cell members is suspected of being involved in the firing of rockets from Egypt to Eilat and Aqaba three months ago.
According to the report, the seven men are affiliated with a radical Islamic organization and are linked to the 25 activists arrested in the peninsula over the past week.
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The seven terrorists, the report said, were held by Egypt's security forces up until three months ago. After their release they resumed their "religious and political" activity and set up a new cell. They traveled to northern Sinai, where they asked one of their friends to help them infiltrate the Gaza Strip through an underground tunnel in order to join the Palestinian factions.
The Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Thursday urged Israelis to leave Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at once and return to Israel. The grave advisory also called on the relatives of Israelis in Sinai to contact them and update them about the warning.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office warned Israelis that up-to-date, credible information elicited by security authorities shows that a cell belonging to the Army of Islam group, affiliated with Global Jihad organizations, is in Sinai at this time in order to abduct Israelis.
Against the backdrop of this intelligence information, the IDF last week assassinated in Gaza a member of the group involved in planning the attack.
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