This footage shows clear abuse to the Egyptian soldiers and officers captured during the 1967 war. It is humiliating by all measures. It was shot on 8 mm film by Reuven Sela , an amateur photographer who was serving as reservist in the Israeli Air forces “IAF”

This footage is from a documentary called “This is us” that is directed by Eric Bernstein and produced by Eliav Liliti , it depends mainly on the footage filmed by amateurs in Israel on 8 mm cameras. The full documentary will be screened in Tel Aviv this week.

Already from the quality of underwear our men were wearing , I can tell many of them were officers. According to the testimonies I have read and heard through all those years , I found out that the IDF used to know and to classify officers and soldiers through the quality of underwear as the officers in Egyptian army used to wear high quality cotton underwear and the soldiers used to wear less quality cotton underwear , it was not only for humiliation.

This film is another condemnation from Israel itself to the behaviour of its troops during the 1967 war. The first condemnation was the infamous documentary “Shakid” 

This is another test for the new administration in Egypt , President Morsi´s administration. The Muslim brotherhood used to slam Mubarak for his stance from the POWs case , we will see what the brotherhood will do.

Al Masry Al Youm was the only Egyptian Newspaper that spoke about the documentary in Arabic as unfortunately the Egyptian media is focusing now on the domestic issues especially the latest debate about the public prosecutor’s position. Already I think Abdel Maguid Mahmoud can warm up again and open an investigation regarding this matter.

Today we also remember the treatment of Israeli POWs in Egypt and how it is quite different to what our Egyptian POWs faced in 1956 and 1967.

In this occasion , I would like to share with you a rare Egyptian documentary directed by late famous director Shady Abdel Salam in 1975 about the war and the Egyptian soldiers. The documentary in Arabic includes the testimonies of Egyptian soldiers including those who had been captured by Israeli forces.

On the other hand this year we find some Israeli veteran returning back the military ID of Egyptian soldier which he took in 1973 during the war , it was a trophy of war I believe. There are not clear details about how he got it. According to Israeli press , the Israeli veteran felt sorry and believed it should return to the family of that late solider who was called “Abdel Hamid Abdel Hamid Ibrahim” after 39 years.

Some Egyptian military analysts considered an Israeli insult to Egypt by remind Egyptians about our fallen soldiers.

Here are famous couple of photos for Israeli POWs in 1973 from Egypt’s Military Photos Facebook Page.

Here is a clip showing Israeli POWs in Egypt in 1973 , I saw once its colored version on TV.

Egyptian POW in 1967

Egyptian POWs in 1967

We will never forget till their rights are fully restored and they are properly remembered in Egypt.

More photos from 1967 war Egyptians POWs. 

The newspaper spoke with “Said Atika” , a local from North Sinai who is concerned with the POWs file and is angry on how the government is ignoring the lost rights of his POWs who told it that “There are hundreds of POWs remains across Sinai” and that the Bedouin elderly tell him from time to time on how they buried “under that tree couple of officers” or “near that hill they buried three soldiers” ..etc.

The remains of Egyptian POWs in North Sinai "Al Masry Al Youm"

Atika added a very interesting point that in a mine field at Sheikh Zowaid remains of the Egyptian soldiers and officers were found after a mine was exploded which means that the Israeli forces deliberately put these mines in specific parts in Sinai to hide these cemeteries. It is unclear if Egypt has got the maps of mine fields in Sinai like in the Western desert , still another huge problem in Sinai waiting for the new President is the mines fields problem and what these fields hide !!

Al Masry Al Youm also spoke with Swilam Sulieman who witnessed in 1967 how his dad and other members of their tribes buried the remains of Egyptian POWs killed in cold blood by IDF. “This hill includes the remains of nearly 40 Egyptian officer and soldier” Sulieman who works now as a guard for the famous Gas pipeline told the newspaper that there was whole battalion of captured POWs that was killed and buried at the famous An-Nakhl fortress in the city of An Nakhl in North Sinai.

The remains of Egyptian POWs in North Sinai"Al Masry Al Youm"

The story of that battalion is confirmed by one of the locals in the city “Hassan Abdullah El Nakhalawy” who added that the 10s of POWs remains resurfaced after heavy rain had hit the city this winter and that the city council wanted to send a truck to collect these remains but he refused but he felt it was disrespectful act for these POWs.

Boldly enough the head of the Nakhl city council told Al Masry Al Youm that “Burying the POWs was not his job but it was rather the supreme council of antiquities job”

The ministry of culture in Egypt has already requested UNESCO to include An Nakhl fortress to its famous World Heritage locations in Egypt. 

On April 25th , 2012 tens of protesters headed to the Dayan Memorial in Sheikh Zowaid in order to paint the Egyptian flag on it but failed to do so as they were blocked by security forces and were allowed only to put the Egyptian flag on the Memorial. According to locals in the area , the Dayan Memorial commemorating the death of Israeli pilots in Sinai was actually set up over a cemetery for the Egyptian POWs made by the tribes in the areas. 

Thanks for Al Masry Al Youm and its amazing reporters in their fantastic job still I am afraid among the current Presidential elections debates this important case is still under wrap despite the scattered remains of POWs across the sands of Sinai

The Admin of the SCAF official FB page sent a salute to Egypt’s martyrs from the armed forces as well the #Jan25 Revolution on Thursday. 

Tahrir newspaper’s header included today a beautiful graphic showing the pictures of late General Abdel Moneim Riyad and martyrs from January 25th Revolution “Mina Daniel and late Sheikh Emad Effat”.

It is beautifully made. The newspaper also published a two pages report about the martyrs in Egypt listing examples from martyrs from #Jan25 revolution as well the martyrdom of General Abdel Moneim Riyad and Mohamed Kamel El Senaneiry from Muslim brotherhood who is believed to be killed from torture in Mubarak’s jails as well Shody Attiya , the martyr of the torture in 1960s , lawyer Abdel Harath El Madany who was tortured till death by Mubarak’s state security in 1994 and late Khaled Said.

The #Jan25 revolution martyrs mentioned in the report are Mina Daniel , Alaa Abdel El Hady , Sheikh Emad Effat, Shahab Ahmed El Siyad and Ultras member Mohamed Khaled

The Free Egyptian Party is organizing a march after Friday’s prayer from Kasr Al Nil bridge to Abdel Moneim Riyad’s statue in Tahrir square where it will put flowers at the base of the statue in a beautiful move.

There is a Friday prayer held today at the tomb of the Unknown solider in Nasr City which is aired on both National TV and Al Jazeera Mubshar Misr.

Tens of Egyptians have gathered in front of the tomb of Unknown solider already and there is a stage installed there but unfortunately it seems to be more of a Pro-SCAF event than a Martyr Day event !!

From Egyptian POWs

A lot of things took place and happened since the last time I posted here whether in Egypt or the Middle East when it comes to POWs news. Aside from the Galid Shalit and Palestinian POWs swap and from shocking POWs treatment in Libya after the revolution , there are some updates to our file , the Egyptian POWs file.More dark secrets have been revealed through out the past year

Tomorrow is the National Martyr’s day in Egypt and today Field Marshal Tantawy and the military commanders of SCAF and Egyptian army zones put flowers on the tombs of the Unknown soldiers throughout the country. I wish that our Egyptian people will do this next year on their own. I think we should start with schools and teach our students to pay respect to our fallen heroes in wars and in our revolutions as well.

Today the newsreaders in Egyptian official TV wore a red rose like the red poppy. This is not the first time they do this during this time of the year.

A newsreader on Egyptian TV by tweep @Marwa_G_H

I am still fixing things in the Website so I am sorry in advance if you face any trouble.

Now there is a good news that sooner insh Allah the file of the Egyptian POWs will be opened again , I am not going t reveal anything except that this revolution we have had will revive the case of Egyptian POWs again.

Wait for more updates insh Allah .