Social media pioneers reported on the fall of an Egyptian fighter jet in the southern region and the killing of its pilot, pilot pilot Ahmed Abu Zaid, while no comment was issued by the Egyptian authorities confirming or denying the incident.

Moghradoun said that the accident took place the day before yesterday, Saturday, at Aswan Air Force Base in southern Egypt, which means that two whole days passed without an official position, something that was repeated in many incidents related to losses to the Egyptian army and its forces, especially in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

Tweeters circulated assurances of the death of pilot Ahmed Abu Zaid through accounts they said belonged to his brother and colleagues in the Air Force, as well as to his friends and the people of Sharkia governorate to which Abu Zaid might belong.

Others also shared a photo they said was his grave, showing the date of his birth, and the day he died the day before yesterday.

During the last period, incidents of military aircraft crashing during training were repeated. In January, the official spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces, Colonel Tamer Al-Rifai, announced that a combat plane had fallen in one of the training areas (he did not specify) and the leader of the aircraft was killed.

The spokesman said in a brief statement on his official page on Facebook, "In the context of the implementation of the training activity of the Air Force today 14/1/2020, a combat plane crashed in one of the training areas, which resulted in the martyrdom of its pilot, and the cause of the crash was determined."

On December 5, the military spokesman announced that a fighter had fallen due to a technical failure while on a training flight, indicating that the pilot managed to parachute, which also happened in November 2018, when a Russian-made plane crashed. MiG-29 "during a training flight by the Air Force as a result of a technical defect in the plane's controls, while the pilot escaped the accident, the military spokesman said.

This comes in light of the Egyptians' fears of the army's involvement in a war on the Libyan border in support of the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Hifter, and against the forces of the internationally recognized government of reconciliation.

The Egyptian opposition says that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's threat to intervene militarily in Libya comes at the instigation of the UAE, the first supporter of Haftar's forces.

Last June, Al-Sisi considered that "any direct interference from the Egyptian state (in Libya) now has international legitimacy, whether for the right to self-defense, or at the request of the only legitimate elected authority in Libya, which is the House of Representatives (Tobruk)". He said.

In a televised speech made Saturday after he inspected units of the Air Force in Matrouh Governorate (west) adjacent to the border with Libya, Al-Sisi told the army forces, "Be ready to carry out any mission here within our borders, or if necessary outside our borders."

Sisi considered that the cities of Sirte (north-central Libya) and Al-Jafra (southeast of the capital, Tripoli) crossed a red line.

A few days ago, the Libyan base of al-Wataya was attacked by unknown aircraft, and Egyptians boasted about the communication sites, considering that the Egyptian army was the one who carried out these raids, which was not issued by any Egyptian official position.