Egyptian helicopters join battle against renewed Islamist attack
"It was the first time in the 39 years since the October 1973 Egyptian-Israeli Sinai war that Egyptian warplanes were deployed in the skies of the peninsula."


For Israel, it's better to have Egyptian planes over Sinai, than terrorist cells on the ground
"Israel is turning a blind eye to any short-term violation of the Camp David Accords involved in Egypt’s current assault on gunmen in the peninsula; strains on treaty, Israel fears, can only deepen"