Sinai

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

Ben-Gurion recognized early on what became a well-known reality in the following decades: front lines that reach population centers, and the home front becoming a critical component of the war.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion
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

Analysis of the site also shows that the structure had been continuously used from the 2nd century BCE to the 6th century CE, with only minor architectural modifications happening during that time.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A GENERAL VIEW of the Nuweiba delta.

A journey to the biblical Red Sea crossing

Over the years, scholars have proposed possible sites for the crossing, with Dr. Yehoshua Meron concluding that it took place near the shoreline of Nuweiba on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

|ByJACOB MAOR
Image from Apes and monkeys, Their life and language; illustrative.

Newly discovered fossil challenges idea of ape origins in east Africa - study

The remains, discovered in 2023 and 2024, are incomplete, and made up of only a few jawbone fragments and worn teeth. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

ISIS claims attacked Egypt-Israel gas line, gas flow undisrupted

ISIS claimed that it had detonated a number of explosives next to a pipeline linking "the Jews" and "the apostate Egyptian government."

FEBRUARY 4, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
DATE IMPORTED: February 05, 2012 A fire burns on a gas pipeline in the Massaeed area west of the Mediterranean coastal town of al-Arish, North of Sinai, February 5, 2012.

Sinai hotel worker suspected of sexually assaulting 10 year-old Israeli

OCTOBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tourist takes a photo at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the South Sinai governorate July 11, 2012

A place where Abraham’s children Isaac and Ishmael are mishpacha

Celebrating Sukkot in Sinai

OCTOBER 13, 2019ByGIL ZOHAR
CAMELS AND DOGS are among the more domesticated animals one sees in the Sinai

Israeli detained with bullets in guitar case

Israel's consul-general in Cairo, Dudu Ben-Kalifa, and the Foreign Ministry's consular division dealt with the issue.

OCTOBER 7, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Bullets [file]

Gov’t advises against Tishrei trips to Sinai, Turkey

Israelis need to be wary of travel to ¼ of world’s countries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019ByHERB KEINON
THE SINAI Desert.

Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Sinai, sources say

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq agency, saying five members of the security forces were killed or injured.

JULY 18, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants

IAF struck many Iranian weapons trucks in Sinai headed for Gaza - report

An Islamist insurgency in the desolate, thinly populated Sinai Peninsula has increased in violence and pace since the Egyptian military toppled President Mohammed Morsi.

JULY 4, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN, ANNA AHRONHEIM
IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

Inside Intelligence: ‘Israel-Egypt cooperation key to beating back ISIS in Sinai’

Ex-US counterterrorism chief Nick Rasmussen talks to the ‘Post’ about regional threats, cooperation with Israeli intelligence and redefining international terrorism

JUNE 28, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel

Egyptian forces kill 14 suspected militants after attack in Sinai

The deaths raise to 19 the number of militants killed since the attack near the North Sinai provincial capital of al-Arish early on Wednesday, which Islamic State claimed responsibility for.

JUNE 6, 2019ByREUTERS
EGYPTIAN SECURITY officials inspect the site of a bomb blast targeted at soldiers on the highway between El-Arish and the border town of Rafah, in the troubled northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, in 2015

Militant attack in Sinai kills 8 Egyptian security personnel

Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news agency, saying 10 police personnel were killed at two checkpoints.

JUNE 5, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants