Despite the Egyptian army’s assertion that the situation in northern Sinai “is 100 percent under control,” Wednesday’s deadly series of terror attacks – for which the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) took responsibility – is liable to develop into a multifront war in Egypt. The simultaneous attacks on several targets was reminiscent of the way ISIS is fighting in Syria and Iraq. The fear, in both Egypt and Israel, is that Islamic State fighters will try to take over El Arish or the surrounding area, and perhaps even to enter the Gaza Strip.
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