The official spokesperson of the Egyptian Parliament, Sala Hasaballah, said on Monday that the Egyptian state is working to adopt a strategy by which it will rapidly and directly respond to any media reports that purvey “false news” on Egypt. Elsewhere, on Sunday, Egypt’s military spokesperson Tamer El-Refaai told Egypt Independent that the recently published New York Times Report is not credible. Refaai emphasized that the Egyptian army is the sole entity conducting military operations in co-operation with local police forces in North Sinai. He stressed that the report is inaccurate and not credible, calling on media outlets to first investigate the accuracy of what is being published. The New York Times mentioned in its report that secret military co-operation between Egypt and Israel facilitated the execution of more than 100 airstrikes on Egyptian territory conducted by Israeli drones.

Source: Egypt Independent February 06, 2018 13:30 UTC