Sinai

Egypt’s dangerous pressure game against Israel - opinion

Cairo’s live-fire drills near the Israeli border come as Egypt faces economic pressure, Red Sea instability, and growing questions over President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regional strategy.

Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.
Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion

Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message

Aerial photo of the ancient temple discovered at Tell el-Farma in the  northern Sinai, April 15, 2026.

An ancient Egyptian temple was just found in Sinai after six years of digging

A GENERAL VIEW of the Nuweiba delta.

A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing


Sinai warning level lowered for Israelis after a decade of high alert

Sinai has remained a popular tourist destination for Israelis ever since it was returned to Egypt during the peace accords in 1979, with a steady rise in visitors since 2016.

TOURISTS AT the Red Sea resort of Sharm e-Sheikh, in February. The book tries to decipher where the sea split for Moses

Woman filing rape complaint investigated instead for quarantine violation

Following recent criticism of Israel Police on its handling of reports of violence against women, a woman said police questioned her for violating quarantine instead of taking her rape report.

Israel Police officers enforce lockdown restrictions, January 8, 2020.

Parashat Beha’alotcha: A journey to the unknown

After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.

THE SINAI Desert.

ISIS in Sinai leader killed in clash with Egyptian forces - report

Al-Hamadin, referred to as the "most dangerous and oldest of the takfiri elements in the Sinai," was responsible for the murder of hundreds of civilians and Egyptian soldiers.

Isis dans le Sinaï

Unique Bedouin archive finds home at National Library of Israel

Over the past fifty years, Bedouin expert Dr. Clinton Bailey has documented and researched Bedouin life in the Sinai and Negev deserts.

Bedouin riders at the Gulf of Eilat

Israel to provide COVID vaccines to Sinai peacekeepers, official says

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 2,400 doses would be provided but did not elaborate on the terms or the timing of the handover.

Armoured Israeli military vehicle driving along border with Egypt

Fallen heroes of Sinai war remembered

After France and Britain had called for a ceasefire, Israel and Egypt continued with heavy fighting in which 231 Israeli soldiers, many of them reservists, lost their lives.

General Ariel Sharon and chief of southern command, Aluf Shmuel Gonen, visiting an IDF outpost in the Sinai

Eight peacekeepers killed in military helicopter crash in Sinai

Israel Air Force's search-and-rescue unit reportedly evacuated one person in critical condition to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.

THE SINAI Desert.

Shifting terrorist tactics slow development in Egypt's North Sinai

An Islamist insurgency spread in northern Sinai after the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.

CAMELS AND DOGS are among the more domesticated animals one sees in the Sinai

Health Ministry: Sinai border crossing can be open for Israeli travelers

Travelers will be expected to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine period upon their return.

WHAT IS thought to be Mount Sinai today, in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.