Egypt: Sophisticated Jihadist Operations

Suicide bombers struck international and Egyptian security facilities in Sinai on April 26, while Palestinian security forces seized a vehicle filled with explosives at an Egyptian-Gaza border crossing. The attacks, coming two days after the triple bombing in the Egyptian resort town of Dahab, likely are designed to deter post-attack investigations and raids by Egyptian security forces. That all this activity is happening so close to the border with Israel indicates the jihadists are trying to disrupt peaceful relations between Egypt and Israel.