Egypt's Morsi dismisses north Sinai governor following border attack President Mohamed M

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi appointed a new national intelligence chief and dismissed the governor of the increasingly lawless north Sinai region on Wednesday after gunmen killed 16 border guards there, a presidency spokesman said.
Morsi vowed to restore security to Sinai after the incident on Sunday, which officials blamed on Islamic militants who have stepped up attacks on security forces since the overthrow of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak last year.
Armed attackers from Sinai breached Israel's border on Saturday in an armored vehicle stolen in a raid on an Egyptian police station that killed some 16 Egyptian policemen.
The vehicle was hit by an IDF aircraft, preventing what military officials said could have been a deadly large-scale terror attack. A second personnel carrier exploded at the Kerem Shalom border terminal, which connects Israel, Gaza and Egypt, before the vehicle could enter Israeli territory.
No Israelis were hurt in the incident.
In response, Egypt launched air strikes in the Sinai region close to the border with Israel on Wednesday, killing at least 20-23 suspected Islamic militants, state media reported. This was the first time that the Egyptian Air Force was called into action in Sinai since 1973.
The reports said that the military actions were coordinated with Israel, as stated in the peace agreements between Egypt and Israel, which were signed in 1978 in Camp David. 

Source: Haaretz