Sinai-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released Sunday a video showing the confessions of three Egyptians it claims to have executed in North Sinai for “cooperating with the Egyptian Army and the Israeli Mossad”. The video, uploaded on Youtube and a jihadist forum, also shows a fourth person who was shot and his house destroyed. Islamic State (IS) spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani is featured in the video, where he speaks about jihad and fighting the “infidels”. Meanwhile, the Egyptian army was accused of “besieging Palestinians in Gaza Strip and joining the Jews in their war against Jihadists” in a speech attribued to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis leading member Abu Osama al-Masry. The accuracy of the information in the video has not yet been verified by independent sources. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis is one of the most active militant groups operating in Egypt. The group has claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks in Cairo and Sinai, including an attempt on Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim’s life last September. In a video allegedly released by the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militant group in August, the group claimed responsibility for beheading four Egyptians, accusing them of providing…
