Egypt's new leader vows to uphold ties with Israel:
Egypt's President-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told Israeli leaders in a phone call on Friday that he was committed to his country's peace treaty with Israel, and that he sought to develop it for both countries' benefit, Egyptian media reported Friday. Ref. Source 4
Israel giving Egyptian army free hand in Sinai, official says:
Israel has been giving the Egyptian military a free hand to operate in northern Sinai against local jihadist groups, voluntarily ignoring an annex to the 1979 Camp David Peace Accords banning the presence of significant Egyptian forces in the area, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Thursday. Ref. Source 6g