380-kilometer road trip from Rafah to Cairo passes through sweltering deserts of the Sinai peninsula, where the Egyptian army imposes checkpoints and nighttime curfews

Drugs seized with a value of tens of millions of shekels; troops fired into the air but no arrests made

More than 300 kilograms of of marijuana flowers and hashish seized; no arrests made

Israel signs off on larger deployment of Egyptian troops near Rafah; move comes as Cairo becomes increasingly open about ties with Jerusalem

Eti Snir wrote to her husband every day for months, but her missives were lost, only to be discovered in a kibbutz cupboard earlier this month

Open nature of meeting sends encouraging message that cold peace could see a thaw, but Cairo remains very wary of provoking the public where anti-Israel sentiment dominates

Route was discreetly operated by subsidiary Air Sinai for decades, in unmarked aircraft, but will now be openly run by national carrier; Israel's COVID travel rules to Sinai lifted

Israel continues easing restrictions over Gaza as Egypt hopes to see significant progress toward ceasefire, prisoner swap against backdrop of rare sit-down between leaders

National Security Council changes warning level for southern peninsula -- home to popular resorts -- from highest possible alert to 'basic concrete threat'

Jihadists ambush a military checkpoint in the town of Sheikh Zuweid; sources say 3 attackers killed by security forces