Incident date
October 19, 2020
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الجغبوب, Al Jaghboub, Al Butnan, LibyaTwo fishermen were reported killed in alleged Egyptian airstrikes on Al Jaghboub near the Libyan-Egyptian border on October 19th, 2020, according to local sources. Libya Al Ahrar wrote that “a security source confirmed that two Libyan fishermen were killed between the Libyan-Egyptian borders as a result of their targeting by the Egyptian warplanes”, identifying the
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Incident date
May 15, 2018
LOCATION
الكفرة, Kufra, Al Kufrah, LibyaThree Eritrean citizens were reportedly killed in an airstrike in Kufra city and eight more Eritrean asylum seekers wounded in an airstrike in Kufra city near Abdulmalik mountain close to the Egyptian border, according to Vincent Cochetel, Special Envoy of the UNHCR for the Central Mediterranean situation. Jamal Adel said on Twitter the strike was
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Incident date
November 22, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaVarious sources reported Egyptian airstrikes destroying 10 vehicles allegedly loaded with ammunition and weapons at the Libyan side of the border. “‘The air force has dealt a new blow to smugglers and infiltrators across the border,’ preventing them from bringing weapons and ammunition into Egypt, army spokesman Tamer al-Refai said in a statement posted on
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Incident date
October 30, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Kufrah, LibyaTwo sources reported that the Egyptian Air Force destroyed six vehicles at the border with Egypt in the Kufra district. One of them claimed that it had loaded weapons and ammunition while another claimed it was a civilian car coming back from a fishing trip. Mansoura Today reported, for example, that “Yesterday, the air force
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Incident date
October 23, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaEgyptian planes destroyed a convoy of eight cars before it crossed the border from Libya. Reportedly the cars were loaded with weapons and belonged to an unknown extremist militia. Al Hayat reported the following: “Army spokesman Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said that Egyptian forces are conducting sweeps and raiding to the mountains and mountainous areas to
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Incident date
September 28, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaThe Egyptian air force destroyed ten vehicles it said were attempting to enter the country from the border with Libya, and which were allegedly smuggling weapons. According to Arab Today, “The raid was carried out on Wednesday on the basis of information that “criminal elements were preparing to infiltrate” Egypt, said army spokesman Col. Tamer
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Incident date
August 21, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaEgyptian warplanes targeted nine SUVs that were claimed to be carrying weapons and explosives at the Libyan border. On its own Facebook page, the Egyptian military noted that “Today 21 August 2017 … the Egyptian Air Force destroyed 9 cars with arms, ammunition and explosives on the western border with Libya.” There are no known
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Incident date
July 16, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaEgyptian airstrikes targeted 15 vehicles reportedly loaded with weapons near the border with Libya as they attempted to enter Egypt. According to Egyptian military sources cited by Libya’s Channel, “Egyptian armed forces have carried out military operations during the twenty-four last hour, building intelligence information, according to the gathering of a number of criminal elements
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Incident date
June 27, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaAccording to Reuters and local sources, Egyptian airstrikes destroyed 12 vehicles allegedly carrying weapons and explosives near the border between Libya and Egypt. The sources were conflicted as to whether the incident took place inside Libya or Egypt, with most of them stating it was in Libya. However, Libya Herald noted the following: “The Egyptian
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Incident date
February 15, 2017
LOCATION
الحدود الليبية المصرية, Libyan-Egyptian border, Al Butnan, LibyaSocial media sources reported airstrikes on ten vehicles allegedly attempting to infiltrate Egypt. Oded Berkowitz reported that the Egyptian Air Force bombed 10 vehicles “carrying weapons and ammunition near the border with Libya.” An Alwast News described the incident similarly and cited the Egyptian Air Force as saying all 10 vehicles had been destroyed. A
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Incident date
September 16, 2016
LOCATION
الجغبوب, Jaghbub, Al Butnan, LibyaIn an incident dated no later than September 16th, Alwasat reported that three young men from Al-Bayda were killed in an Egyptian airstrike after crossing the border coming from a fishing trip near Jaghbub. The journal named the victims as Mu’taz Salem Ali Bhohelasiya, 19 years old, Hussam al-Gilani, 27 years old, and Salem Hussein