Joint Israeli-Egyptian efforts to tackle Daesh/ISIS in Sinai

An Israeli military analyst revealed information on Sunday about joint Israel-Egypt intelligence efforts to tackle Daesh/ISIS in Sinai, Haaretz has reported. Amos Harel described the group in Egypt as the most “well-organised and highly skilled terrorist organisation” in the Middle East.

He said that the joint efforts concentrate on looking for the military leadership of the organisation. Until now, he claimed, neither Israel nor Egypt have any information about the real leader of the group, who “enjoys strict military power”. Both countries remain “in the dark” about the leader’s identity.

The analyst told Haaretz that Daesh/ISIS has carried out several attacks against Israel, including launching a number of rockets towards the Negev Desert. He expects that more will take place in the near future, but the Israeli army is preparing to deal with them.

According to Harel, Daesh/ISIS in Sinai uses developed weapons smuggled from Libya and Sudan. He said that the organisation in the peninsula carries out two or three attacks regularly every day.