Official tells Bloomberg Israel has been attacking terror targets in the peninsula in cooperation with Egypt.
Israeli drones have reportedly struck terror targets in the Sinai Peninsula several times over the past few years, in cooperation with Egypt, a former Israeli official told Bloomberg in a story published on Monday.
Over the past few years, jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State\’s Sinai branch have made claims that Israel was conducting airstrikes in the Peninsula from time to time using drones, among others, as part of its security cooperation with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\’s regime.
These claims were more officially made in recent months in a detailed article in one of the terror organization\’s publications, al-Naba.
The Egyptian army has been continuing all the more forcefully with its operation to eradicate terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula, particularly in its northern part.
So far, the Egyptian army has been successful in stopping the spread of the ISIS branch to central and, more importantly, southern Sinai. But the terror attacks in the peninsula persist and the Egyptian army has been suffering great losses.
Israel has allowed Egypt to deploy additional troops and weapons to Sinai to combat this threat, which deviate from the peace agreement between the two nations.