Military spokesperson slams HRW report

CAIRO – 24 April 2018: Egyptian Military spokesperson, Tamer Refaei, denounced a Human Rights Watch’s report alleging that Sinai Peninsula is lacking essential food products and medicine supplies because of an ongoing military campaign against terrorist insurgency there.

The military spokesperson Refaei said in a statement published by his official Face book account Monday that the HRW report came unlike reality and based on unreliable sources.

The military spokesperson added that the Army provides food, medicine and essential products to civilians in North Sinai. Refaei said that the armed forces coordinate with the government apparatuses to be well prepared for any emergencies.

“The Armed forces secure the arrival of trucks filled with fresh food and dairy products to distribute them later to the local residents,” added Refaei.

Egyptian armed forces statements have previously provided facts on the situation in North Sinai, including the distribution process of medical supplies among the residents affected by the ongoing military campaign against terrorism.

The Military Spokesperson added that the curfew imposed on North Sinai is a security procedure aims narrowing terrorists’ movements.

Refaei said that the media outlets are not banned from entering North Sinai as long as they coordinated with the Military forces for security reasons.