IDF Gen. Zeevi-Farkash: ‘High Probability That Al-Qaeda Carried Out Sinai Bombings’ MK Steinitz: ‘Mossad Has Foiled Some Al Qaeda Attacks On Israel In The Past’ IDF Chief Of Staff Ya’alon: ‘Let’s Hope That After Explosives Were Used Against Egyptian Hotels On Egyptian Soil, Egypt Will Now Crack Down On Palestinian Arms Smuggling Through Sinai’
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz calls the Sinai bombings, ‘mega-terror’ – they were aimed at murdering as many Israelis as possible. Mofaz was speaking at an urgent session of the Israeli cabinet after huge bombs ripped through the Taba Hilton hotel and a tourist resort packed with Israeli tourists on the Simchat Torah holiday. IDF Chief Of Staff Moshe Ya’alon said that after explosives were used against Egyptian hotels on Egyptian soil, maybe Egypt would finally crack down on Palestinian arms smuggling through Sinai to the Gaza Strip. IDF intelligence chief, General Aharon Zeevi-Farkash told the cabinet there is a high probability that al-Qaeda carried out the bombings. MK Yuval Steinitz of the Likud, the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, also says the Mossad has foiled some previous al Qaeda attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets. Dr Steinitz told David Essing there are at least two reasons why al Qaeda was probably responsible for the Sinai bombings: