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ByAlphonso Van Marsh for NBC News
AL ARISH, Egypt – The tension in Al Arish’s main square was palpable. Dozens of baton-wielding Egyptian security forces lined the streets, as Muslim worshipers listened to Friday prayers in the surrounding, overcrowded mosques.
One cleric said in his sermon that Islam would survive Israel’s ground and air attacks on [...]

By Geoff Tofield, NBC News’ Deputy Director of International News
TEL AVIV, Israel – I woke up one morning this week to what sounded like a small and low-flying plane nearby. Having spent time on alert in this conflicted region before, I took a quick look out of my window and immediately spotted the culprit. 
Small [...]