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IDF braces for Islamic State attack on Israel-Egypt border, Israel Hayom, Lilach Shoval and Daniel Siryoti, March 13, 2015

(Please see also IDF on alert for coordinated ISIS assault on Eilat or vicinity. — DM)
Southern Border Brigade Deputy Commander Col. Arik Hen | Photo credit: Yehuda Ben Itach

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released a video Thursday in which its operatives claim to have fired three rockets at the Eilat port last week. The group claimed it plans to fire up to 150 rockets daily at Egyptian security forces in Sinai and the Eilat port.

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The Israel Defense Forces is said to be preparing for the possibility that one of the Sinai-based terrorist organizations affiliated with the Islamic State group will carry out a massive attack on the Israel-Egypt border.

It is believed that Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the largest Islamic State-affiliated jihadi group in Sinai, will attempt to target Egyptian security forces along Israel’s southern border using what has become its signature modus operandi — surprise attacks by dozens of terrorists on several targets simultaneously.

The military believes these terrorists will attempt to disguise themselves as smugglers, or perhaps even as Egyptian security forces, so they would be able to approach Israeli troops in the sector.

Earlier this week, Southern Border Brigade Deputy Commander Col. Arik Hen said the threat was a priority for the IDF, and that “it affects military readiness for various scenarios that may develop” near or on the border.

Meanwhile, the military is said to be outlining its defense of the Timna Airport, the new international airport currently under construction in southern Israel, which is expected to become operational in 2017.

As part of the planned defenses, a 30-kilometer fence is being designed to encompass the airport and adjacent area.

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released a video Thursday in which its operatives claim to have fired three rockets at the Eilat port last week. The group claimed it plans to fire up to 150 rockets daily at Egyptian security forces in Sinai and the Eilat port.

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