Defense Secretary Mark Esper wants to remove US troops from the Sinai Peninsula. Key Democrats and Republicans disagree. The chairmen and ranking members of Senate and House committees say the international force there is a lynchpin of the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sinai rocket attack on Israel ISIS said it was targeting Israel Air Force jets flying in the area.
Two rockets fired from Sinai at Israel The Code Red alert siren sounded in Israeli communities on the border with Gaza on Sunday night.