The MFO was founded since the 1979 serenity agreement between Egypt and Israel that is headquartered in Sinai, the neck which typically resides between Israel, the Gaza Strip and of course the Suez Canal.
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Four US soldiers and two Fijians with the Multinational Force and Observers’ peacekeeping mission were injured Thursday when their vehicles were hit during a routine patrol near their base in the town of el-Gorah, said the official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
The attack comes as the Obama administration, concerned that forces in the area are not armed to take on the Islamic State group, has been conducting an “interagency review” of the country’s strategy in the Sinai, Army Times reports.
All the victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The nationalities of the other two could not be ascertained immediately. The four USA soldiers, responding to the incident, were then attacked with another explosive device, Pentagon spokesman Maj. About 650 Americans have been in the compel, Cabiness said.
The soldiers involved in Thursday’s blast were part of The Multinational Force (MFO) and Observer peacekeepers.
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“We are considering what, if any, additional measures might be needed to ensure force protection”.
