TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- An Israeli official has warned of a looming terror attack threat from Egypt-controlled Sinai.
Elkana Har Nof, the deputy head of the Israeli government's anti-terror unit, said Wednesday that the threat of a terror attack in the Sinai Peninsula was becoming increasingly concrete, the Tel Aviv newspaper Haaretz reported.
The involvement of Egyptians, particularly Sinai Bedouin, in terrorism may be "the most troubling phenomena that has taken place in the past year," Har Nof told Israel Radio. "There are Egyptians who have become, in large part, a sort of World Jihad group -- that is, based on religious extremism -- who manage to recruit people from Egypt, including Bedouin," he said.
Egyptians involved in terror are one of three groups that could pose a danger to Israelis, Har Nof said. The other two groups are Islamic fundamentalists who come from abroad -- "what's called Al-Qaida or classic World Jihad" -- and Palestinians who operate in Egypt, he said.
The anti-terror unit warned Israelis at the beginning of the month not to travel to Sinai due to the terror threat, leading thousands of Israelis to cancel plans to visit the area during the holidays.
