Under pressure, Sinai jihadists threaten more beheadings
Though Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has been weakened by Egyptian security forces, the group continues to threaten the stability of the Sinai Peninsula.
RAFAH, Egypt — There’s been a lot of talk in the local and international media about the Sinai Peninsula — both on TV and in newspapers — after the terror group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis broadcast a video showing the beheading of four citizens. They had been accused of providing Israel with information about the movements of group members in the region.
"They are the enemy, so beware of them," read the title of the video. In it, the group revealed details about the involvement of local elements — group members' local Bedouin relatives — in helping the Israeli Mossad to monitor and eliminate individuals using Israeli drones.
Three weeks before the release of this video, on Aug. 5, reports emerged that Israeli drones had intervened multiple times in Sinai to eliminate dangerous members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis before they carried out attacks on the Israeli border.
The information reported by Al-Monitor from the ground and the investigation in the tense border area precisely matched the confessions made by those killed before the terrorist group beheaded them.
