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Sinai attack threatens Egypt-Hamas ties

Egypt has accused Hamas of being behind the latest attack in Sinai, but Hamas vehemently denied this, saying the security of Egypt is closely related to Gaza’s security.
Smoke rises after a house is blown up during a military operation by Egyptian security forces in the Egyptian city of Rafah, near the border with southern Gaza Strip October 29, 2014. At least 33 Egyptian security personnel were killed on Friday in the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel and Gaza, in an attack on a checkpoint that bore the marks of assaults claimed by Egypt's most active militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday the military would respond with

Friday, Oct. 24, was not an ordinary day in Gaza. Political circles discussed the news from the Sinai Peninsula of the suicide bombing at two military sites that wounded several Egyptian soldiers and led to the deaths of 30 others.

Palestinian factions condemned the attacks that targeted the Egyptian forces in Sinai.

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