Headline Roundup • November 12th, 2020
6 Americans Among 8 Peacekeepers Killed in Sinai Helicopter Crash
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The Multinational Force and Observers said one of its American members survived and was being medically evacuated.
A helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing at least eight people, including six Americans, the force confirmed.
The helicopter belonged to the Multinational Force and Observers, an independent international peacekeeping body known as MFO, which monitors the 40-year-old peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
"During a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nine members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO)...
A handful of peacekeepers, including several Americans, have reportedly died in a helicopter crash that occurred in the Sinai Peninsula.
The helicopter, which belonged to Multinational Force and Observers, crashed during "a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt" on Thursday, the MFO said in a statement. Eight of the nine members involved in the crash died. The ninth member, an American, survived the crash and was evacuated and taken to a hospital.
Six of the members who died were U.S. citizens, one was French, and one Czech....
A helicopter with the U.S.-led Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Egyptian Sinai crashed on Thursday near the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing eight members of the peacekeeper force, the MFO said.
Those killed were six Americans, a French national and a Czech national, all of them military service members, the MFO said in a statement. It added that one American MFO member survived and was medically evacuated.
An official briefed on the incident, and who could not be identified by name or nationality, told Reuters it was...
