Mena watch: MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE CENTER ISRAEL
- On the night of September 10, 2021, Muhammad Sa’ad Kamel al-Sa’idi, aka Abu Hamza al-Qadi (“the judge”)[1]surrendered to a tribal militia cooperating with the Egyptian army after promises that he and his family would not be harmed.
- Information that reached the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center revealed details about al-Qadi and the conditions in the Sinai Province.
- Al-Qadi is considered the second or third most important in the Province after the Emir (“commander”) and possibly one other person, making him the most senior figure in the Sinai Province to surrender to the Egyptian authorities so far. His surrender will have implications and consequences for the activities of the Sinai Province. It is currently in difficulty, suffering from a lack of funds and equipment, the result of the Egyptian army’s operational successes and cooperation with the tribal militias.
Top row, left: al-Qadi’s wife and children. Top row right and bottom row left: al-Qadi. Bottom row right: al-Qadi (encircled in red) and Sinai Province operatives (Twitter account of the Union of Sinai Peninsula Tribes, September 11, 2021).