Defense & World View

IDF killed captured Israeli officer

The military wing of Hamas lost all contact with their fighters who joined the ambush on Tuesday against the ground forces of the Israeli Defence Force, which lead to the capture of one Israeli officier and to the death of two Israeli soldiers. The military wing of Hamas told that the fighters who joined the ambush probably were killed during a bombardment.  The military wing told that if their fighters captured the Israeli officer, he too most certainly died during the bombardment.
 
 

Saudi Arabia sends deathrow inmates to fight against the Syrian government

According to a top secret memo signed by Abdullah bin Ali al-Rmezan in 2012,  the Saudi Kingdom sent 1239 deathrow inmates who were sentenced in court to death by sword, to Syria to fight as Jihadists among different groups to fight against the Syrian government. The inmates faced the death penalty for rape, murder or drug smuggling. The Saudi Kingdom offered the deathrow inmates a pardon and a monthly fee for their families.

Al-Qaeda Branch Established in Egypt

In a strongly sectarian statement and with chilling similarities to the initial stages of the Syria conflict, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group has been established in Egypt in opposition to protests and military action which brought about the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood regime.
A group calling itself  ”Ansar Al-Sharia in the Land of Kinaanah (Egypt)” published a launch statement on an Al-Qaeda online forum, in which it condemned the Egyptian military’s actions, Christians and “herds of criminals and thugs”.