2013 Egyptian coup d ' état On 3 July 2013 , the Egyptian army chief General Abdul Fatah al - Sisi removed the country ' s then - incumbent president Mohamed Morsi from power and suspended the Egyptian constitution . The move came after ongoing public protests in Egypt mainly against Morsi , and a warning from the army to respond to the demands of the millions of protesters or it would impose its own roadmap . Al - Sisi declared Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Adly Mansour as the interim president of Egypt . Morsi was put under house arrest and several Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested . The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the move throughout Egypt . The protests against Morsi on 30 June marked the one - year anniversary of Morsi ' s inauguration as president . According to the Egyptian military as many as 14 million protesters across Egypt took to the streets and demanded the immediate resignation of the president . Reasons for demanding Morsi ' s resignation include accusations that he was increasingly authoritarian and pushing through an Islamist agenda without regard to secular opponents or the rule of law . The demonstrations , which had been largely peaceful , turned violent when five anti - Morsi protesters were killed in separate clashes and shootings . At the same time , supporters of Morsi staged rallies in Nasr City , a district of Cairo . On the morning of 1 July , anti - Morsi protesters ransacked the national headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo . Protesters threw objects at windows and looted the building , making off with office equipment and documents . The Health and Population Ministry confirmed the deaths of eight people killed in clashes around the headquarters in Mokattam . On 3 July , gunmen opened fire on a pro - Morsi rally , killing 16 - 18 people and wounding 200 others . During the same time as the anti - government protests were ongoing , there were also other bigger pro - Morsi protests . The situation escalated , with Morsi refusing the people and military ' s demands for him to leave power and the army threatening to take over if the civilian politicians did not resolve the situation . Morsi gave a defiant speech in which he reiterated his " legitimacy " as a democratically elected president and criticised the military for taking sides in the crisis . On 3 July , the Egyptian military announced the end of Mohammed Morsi ' s presidency , the suspension of the constitution , and that a new presidential election will be held soon . The military appointed Judge Adly Mansour as the interim president , and charged him with forming a transitional technocratic government . Morsi was put under house arrest and senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders were arrested . The announcement was followed by demonstrations and clashes between supporters and opponents of the removal of Morsi throughout Egypt . The announcement was followed by a statement in support of the military ' s action by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Ahmed el - Tayeb , the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II as well as opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei . There were mixed international reactions to the events . Most of the Arab leaders were generally supportive or neutral , with the notable exception of the founding state of the Arab Spring , Tunisia . Other states either condemned or expressed concern over the removal of Morsi ; there was also a perceived measured response from the United States . Due to the regulations of the African Union regarding the interruption of constitutional rule by a member state , Egypt was suspended from that union . There has also been debate in the media regarding the labeling of these events . It has been variously described as a coup d ' état or as a revolution . Following protests in favor of Morsi were violently suppressed with the August 2013 Egyptian raids . Background . In February 2011 , Hosni Mubarak was ousted after 18 days of mass demonstrations that ended his 29 - year rule of Egypt . In June 2012 , Mohamed Morsi won the presidential election to become the first democratically elected president of Egypt . His rule has been subject to ongoing protests . In the lead up to the protests , a Gallup poll indicated that about a third of Egyptians said they were " suffering " and viewed their lives poorly . In November 2012 , following the protests against the controversial Constitutional Declaration by Morsi , opposition politicians - including Mohamed ElBaradei , Amr Moussa and Hamdeen Sabahi , according to the Wall Street Journal - started holding confidential meetings with army leaders , in order to discuss ways of removing President Morsi . On 28 April 2013 , Tamarod was started as a grassroots movement to collect signatures to remove Morsi by 30 June . They called for peaceful demonstrations across Egypt especially in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo . The movement was supported by the National Salvation Front , April 6 Youth Movement and Strong Egypt Party . At a conference on 15 June , Morsi called for foreign intervention in Syria . According to Yasser El - Shimy , an analyst with the International Crisis Group , this statement crossed " a national security red line . " The army rebuked this statement the next day by stating that its only role was to guard Egypt ' s borders . Although the Egyptian constitution ostensibly declares the president as the supreme commander of the armed forces , the Egyptian military is independent of civilian control . As the first anniversary of Morsi ' s presidential inauguration approached in 2013 , his supporters such as the National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy started demonstrations at multiple places including El - Hossari Mosque , El - Nahda Square , outside Cairo University , outside Al - Rayan Mosque in the posh suburb of Maadi , and in Ain Shams district . They had started open - ended rallies The largest protest was planned for 30 June . Protests . On Friday 28 June , protests against Morsi started to build throughout Egypt including in such cities as Cairo , Alexandria , Dakahlia , Gharbiya and Aswan as a " warm up " for the massive protests expected on 30 June that were planned by Tamarod . Pro - Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood supporters started counter demonstrations at the Rabia Al - Adawiya Mosque in Nasr City . Prior to the protests , Christians , particularly in Upper Egypt , received threats from pro - Morsi protestors , pressuring them not to take part in the protests . Sheikh Essam Abdulamek , a member of parliament ' s Shura Council , said in an interview on television that Christians should not participate in the protests and warned them " do not sacrifice your children [ since the ] general Muslim opinion will not be silent about the ousting of the president . " According to information that came out after the removal of Morsi , officials claimed that Morsi stopped working at Egyptian Presidential Palace on 26 June in anticipation to the protests and moved with his family to El - Quba Palace . On 29 June , Tamarod claimed that it collected more than 22 million signatures from a petition calling for Morsi to step down as president . Causes . The ousting of Morsi was a result of protests that took to the streets on the 30th of June , instigated by frustration with Morsi ' s year - long rule in which Egypt faced economical issues , energy shortages , lack of security and diplomatic crises . Although Egypt ' s infrastructure was in a poor state before Morsi came in power , most of these issues were attributed to Morsi and his government , although it is claimed that these failings could be attributed to Mubarak - regime loyalists in many parts of the State organizations . Issues that caused the protests and the ousting of Morsi by the Army include : 30 June : Anti - Morsi demonstrations . On 30 June , millions of protesters demonstrated across Egypt both against and in support of Morsi . The Egyptian Armed Forces claimed the number to be at 14 million and reportedly one of the biggest protests in world history . In Damietta , 250 fishing boat sailors demonstrated against Morsi by sailing through the Nile and chanting against him . The President moved that day from the Quba Palace to the Republican Guard head quarter , while protesters thought he was at Ittihadeya Palace . 1 July : Army ultimatum . On 1 July , millions of demonstrators against Morsi gathered in Tahrir Square and outside the presidential palace , while other demonstrations were held in the cities of Alexandria , Port Said and Suez . Some police officers wearing their uniforms joined the anti - Morsi protests and chanted : " The police and the people are one . " In clashes around the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Mokatam , eight people died . Their headquarter was ransacked and burned while protesters threw objects at windows and looted the building , making off with office equipment and documents . Tamarod gave President Mohammed Morsi until 2 July at 17 : 00 to resign or face a civil disobedience campaign . That was followed by the Egyptian Armed Forces issuing a 48 - hour ultimatum that gave the country ' s political parties until 3 July to meet the demands of the Egyptian people . The Egyptian military also threatened to intervene if the dispute was not resolved by then . Four ministers also resigned on the same day : Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou ( who previously offered to resign a few months ago after Morsi appointed an Islamist member of al - Gama ' a al - Islamiyya , the group responsible of the Luxor massacre , as governor of Luxor ) , Communication and IT Minister Atef Helmi , State Minister for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Hatem Bagato , and State Minister for Environmental Affairs Khaled Abdel Aal , leaving the government with only members of the Freedom and Justice Party . 2 July : Morsi speech . On 2 July , opponents and supporters of Morsi gathered in the capital , Cairo , as the deadline set by the millions of protesters for him to leave power passed . Helicopters were also present around Cairo with armored vehicles taking up positions . On 3 July , clashes between protestors and local residents erupted around a pro - Morsi rally near Cairo University , leaving 18 people dead . Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr also resigned , in support of the anti - government protesters . The presidency rejected the Egyptian Army ' s 48 - hour ultimatum , vowing that the president would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation to resolve the political crisis . Defense Minister General Abdul Fatah al - Sisi was also said to have told Morsi that he would impose a military solution if a political one could not be found by the next day . Incidentally , the Court of Cassation ordered the reinstatement of former general prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud who was replaced with Talaat Abdallah following the constitutional declaration on 22 November 2012 . The Presidency spokesman and the spokesman for the cabinet resigned as well . The newspaper " Al - Ahram " reported that if there were no political resolution , the military would suspend the constitution of Egypt and appoint a new council of experts to draft a new one , institute a three - person executive council , and appoint a prime minister from the military . Morsi ' s military advisor , Sami Hafez Anan , also resigned and said that the army would not " abandon the will of the people . " In a late - night television address Morsi declared that he would " defend the legitimacy of his elected office with his life . " He added that " there is no substitute for legitimacy " as he vowed not to resign . Morsi accused supporters of Hosni Mubarak of exploiting the wave of protests to topple the government and fight democracy . Military leaders also issued a statement entitled " The Final Hours " , in which they said that they were willing to shed their blood against " terrorists and fools " supporting Morsi ' s refusal to step down from office . 3 July : Ultimatum deadline . As the deadline of the army ' s ultimatum approached on 3 July , there was renewed expectation of an increase in violence , according to the media . As in other days , there were both anti - Morsi and pro - Morsi protests , the latter particularly in Nasr City and near Cairo University . Army tanks were reported to surround two smaller pro - Morsi rallies as the demonstrators vowed to defend the government with their lives . As the 16 : 35 deadline set by the army approached , military leaders met for emergency talks , with the expectation that the army would issue a statement when the deadline passed . Mohamed El - Baradei , who was chosen to represent the National Salvation Front , was also said to have met army chief General Abdul Fatah al - Sisi . On 3 July , just before the deadline approached , Morsi offered to form a consensus government . An army statement read : " The General Command of the Armed Forces is currently meeting with a number of religious , national , political and youth icons . . . There will be a statement issued from the General Command as soon as they are done . " At the same time the Freedom and Justice Party ' s senior leader , Waleed al - Haddad , said : " We do not go to invitations ( meetings ) with anyone . We have a president and that is it . " The removal of Morsi . On 3 July , General Abdul Fatah al - Sisi , head of the Egyptian Armed Forces , announced that he had removed President Mohamed Morsi from power , suspended constitution , and would be calling new presidential and Shura Council elections . The military appointed Chief Justice Adly Mansour as the interim president and charged him with forming a transitional technocratic government . Military vehicles drove throughout Cairo . Morsi was put under house arrest , and was believed to be at the Republican Guard barracks . According to other sources he was taken to a military base and his travel was restricted . Army troops and tanks were reported to have surrounded key facilities and installations . At noon , the Republican Guard , who had Morsi in their care , left his side to allow Army commandos to take him to an undisclosed Ministry of Defence building . He offered no resistance . General al - Sisi said : " The president ’ s speech last night failed to meet and conform with the demands [ of the people , prompting the armed forces to consult ] with some of the symbols of the national forces and the youths without excluding anyone . [ They agreed on a road map ] that includes initial steps that realize the building of a strong and coherent Egyptian society that does not exclude any of its sons and currents and that end the state of conflict and division . " He added the army was standing apart from the political process but was using its vision as the Egyptian people were calling for help and discharged its responsibility . al - Sisi named former Chief Justice Adli Mansour as the interim president and added that he will be sworn in on 4 July . The Shura Council was also dissolved . Morsi condemned his removal as a " full coup " by the general . He also urged everyone to " adhere to peacefulness and avoid shedding blood of fellow countrymen . " The Office of Assistant to President of Egypt on Foreign Relations called Morsi ' s removal a " military coup " , and said " there is no democracy without the ballot box " . The announcement of the removal of Morsi was met with cheers in Tahrir Square . Anti - Morsi protesters shouted " Allahu akbar " and " Long live Egypt " and launched fireworks as green laser lights held by those in the crowd lit the sky . Mohammed el - Baradei says the coup was to rectify the issues of the revolution . The Coptic Pope Tawadros II , Grand Imam of al - Azhar Ahmed el - Tayeb , Mohammed ElBaradei and some of the youth leaders of Tamarod , Mahmoud Badr and Mohamed Abdelaziz , spoke in support of the military intervention . The al - Nour party also commented in saying that the events occurred as they were not heard in their call for dialogue . Party Secretary - General Galal Murra commented that " we took this position ( on agreeing to the army political road map ) and we took these decisions only so we stop the bloodshed of our people . " Pro - Morsi protesters heard a statement from Morsi , which was published on his " Facebook " page . He called the move a coup and rejected the Armed Forces ' statement . The Freedom and Justice Party ' s Gamal Heshmat said : " There is absolutely no direction toward violence . The Brotherhood are not raised on violence . Their cause is a peaceful one , defending their rights , which is stronger than a " military coup " . [ The army had perpetrated a ] shameful coup . We are still in the street , we still don ' t know if all of the armed forces will accept what Sisi has done . " A party spokesman said that what started as a military coup was " turning into something much more . " The National Salvation Front , an alliance of multiple political parties , stated on 4 July that " what Egypt is witnessing now is not a military coup by any standards . It was a necessary decision that the Armed Forces ’ leadership took to protect democracy , maintain the country ’ s unity and integrity , restore stability and get back on track towards achieving the goals of the January 25 Revolution . " Arrests . The army arrested the former speaker of parliament and the head of Freedom and Justice Party Saad El - Katatni , along with Rashad al - Bayoumi , a Muslim Brotherhood deputy , as well as other top leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood . " Al - Jazeera " quoted unnamed security officials saying that " more than a dozen " members of the Muslim Brotherhood had been arrested , while " Al - Ahram " reported that the Egyptian police had been ordered to arrest more than 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood . A travel ban was also put on Morsi , the head of his Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie , Badie ' s deputy Khairat El - Shater , the Muslim Brotherhood ' s former leader Mahdi Akef , another Muslim Brotherhood figure Mohamed Beltagy , Salafi preacher close to the Muslim Brotherhood Safwat Hegazi and the leader of the al - Wasat Party Abou Elela Mady and his deputy Essam Sultan . Badie and Akef were arrested for " incitement to murder . " Following Morsi ' s ouster , pro - Morsi supporters still gathered in Cairo said that they would undo the " coup " and continued their allegiance to Morsi saying that they would " defend the integrity of the ballot box . " Amidst threats of violence , " Al Jazeera English " reported the death of four people from a Muslim Brotherhood stronghold near the Libyan border . Media restrictions and violence against journalists . Four television channels deemed to have been supporting Morsi were taken off the air by police forces after the military statement . Misr 25 , a channel owned by the Muslim Brotherhood , was shut down and officials said that journalists working for the channel were arrested . The Al Hafez and Al Nas channels were shut down as well . A few hours later , " Al Jazeera " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s " Mubasher Misr " , which had been criticised for its alleged pro - Morsi slant , was also taken off the air , its offices raided and its employees detained . Five staff were arrested , including managing director Ayman Gaballah , who was still in custody after the others were released . It was also prevented from broadcasting a pro - Morsi rally in northern Cairo . " Associated Press Television News " was ordered not to provide " Al Jazeera " with footage of protests in the country or with any filming equipment , while the " Cairo News Company " was warned against providing broadcasting equipment . Al Jazeera Media Network ' s acting Director General Mostafa Souag condemned the move , saying " regardless of political views , the Egyptian people expect media freedoms to be respected and upheld . Media offices should not be subject to raids and intimidation . Journalists should not be detained for doing their jobs . " The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) reported that two journalists and one student were killed while covering Egyptian unrest in the two weeks leading up to 8 July 2013 . According to CPJ research , before those deaths only four journalists had been killed in Egypt since 1992 . One of the journalists killed while documenting the 2013 clashes was 26 - year - old photographer Ahmed Assem el - Senousy , also known as Ahmed Samir Assem . The photographer was shot by a sniper after he recorded security forces firing on protestors . According to media reports , el - Senousy may have captured his own death on film . A video clip posted on his Facebook page shows a sniper firing on crowds before turning toward the camera , at which point the clip abruptly ends . While reporting for the BBC , journalist Jeremy Bowen was hit in the head with birdshot fired by Egyptian security forces on July 5 . Aftermath . On 4 July , violence continued with over 100 people wounded and at least two deaths , believed to be that of children . The Muslim Brotherhood ' s spokesman called for " strictly peaceful " protests to defy the " military coup " . The Armed Forces said that it would guarantee the right to peacefully protest . Other Islamist groups threatened armed retaliation , while the police arrested four armed men on 5 July over claims that they had planned a reprisal attack , according to state - run " Al - Ahram " . The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces added that it would protect all groups from revenge attacks and that Egyptian values " do not allow for gloating . " Protests after Friday prayers were called by Morsi supporters , now in opposition , and termed " Rejection Friday . " During the protests , troops opened fire on Islamists as they tried to march towards the military barracks headquarters of the Republican Guard , in which Morsi is believed to be held . Several deaths have been reported . At least three Morsi supporters were killed and 69 were injured . Though the Egyptian Army denied firing at the protesters , " BBC News " reporter Jeremy Bowen said he saw soldiers firing on protesters . In Qena , security forces opened fire on protesters trying to storm a security building , injuring two of them . Shots were also fired in Alexandria . This occurred as tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the street to condemn the coup and support Morsi . Despite claiming to respect all sides , the military also issued a statement warning Islamists who planned on protesting . Tamarod , which had organised anti - Morsi protests , called for protests to " protect the revolution . " During the night pro and anti - Morsi demonstrators clashed over the 6th October Bridge ; at least two people were killed and more than 70 people were injured , according to state television , who quoted medical personnel at a makeshift hospital in the square . At least three deaths were that of Morsi supporters during the march towards the military barracks after the Friday prayer in Cairo . In all , through the night of rioting , throughout the country 30 people were killed . Pro - Morsi demonstrators continued to call for protests . Protesters continued to demand the reinstatement of Morsi throughout the weekend , some of which were violent protests . Palestinian officials in Gaza also said that the Egyptian Armed Forces had shut the Rafah border crossing and that only certain people , such as patients and students , would be allowed through . Egyptian Intelligence Service official Nader al - Asar telephoned Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on the afternoon of 5 July and Haniyeh briefed him about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of the restrictions on tunnels and the Rafah crossing . Al - Asar promised to seek remedies on the situation After dawn prayers on 8 July , clashes erupted between pro - Morsi protesters and the army at the Republican Guard compound . According to the army , " terrorists " tried to storm the compound and one officer and 42 other people were injured . On the other hand , the Muslim Brotherhood said that 42 of its supporters were killed and over 300 were injured after shootings that followed the police storming their peaceful sit - in demading the reinstatement of Morsi . MP Mohamed Beltagy described the incident as a " massacre " during dawn prayers . After the incident , the Freedom and Justice Party , called for " the international community and international groups and all the free people of the world [ to ] intervene to stop further massacres [ . . . ] and prevent a new Syria in the Arab world . " The Nour party said it would suspend taking part in the political process as a response to the deadly clashes . And Ahmed el - Hawary , a founding member of the al - Dustour party and a member of June 30 front , said : " We cannot blame the Muslim Brotherhood without blaming the army . They are both held accountable for this catastrophe . . . The Brotherhood is playing victims to gain international sympathy yet losing whatever is left of the sympathy at home . A speedy formation of the new cabinet is essential at this point , and although consensus is critical . Egypt must not be the hostage of a concurrence based on non - pertinent arguments . " At the same time , Morsi supporters were said by the military of having forced two soldiers , Samir Abdallah Ali and Azzam Hazem Ali , to make pro - Morsi statements on a loudspeaker and that one of them was " severely beaten up " and filmed while making the statements . However , an army official later said that they had " managed to escape their captors . " On 8 July , following reports that many fighters in Syria were returning in support of the Muslim Brotherhood , Egypt slapped restrictions on Syrians entering the country and required them to obtain visas before entering the country . Mohamed Badie also an arrest warrant out against him as the party refused to join a transitional government . The Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California at Berkeley showed that a State Department programme ostensible to support democracy provided funds to activists and politicians for fomenting unrest in Egypt after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 . The Muslim Brotherhood vowed to continue its resistance to the military ' s ouster of Morsi . In a statement it disavowed itself from an assassination attempt against a senior army commander in the Sinai Peninsula on 10 July and said it adheres to peaceful measures . The statement also read : " We will continue our peaceful resistance to the bloody military coup against constitutional legitimacy . We trust that the peaceful and popular will of the people shall triumph over force and oppression . " The public prosecutor issued a freeze on the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood ' s leaders , as well as other supporters pending investigations in ongoing cases related to events in al - Mokatam , al - Nahda square and the Republican Guards Club . This would affect Mohamed Badie , Khairat al - Shater , Mohamed Ezat , Mahi Ekef , Saed ElKatatni , Essam ElErian , Mohamed ElBeltagy and the Muslim Brotherhood ' s allies , including Essam Sultan , Assem Abdul Majed , Safwat Hegazy and Hazem Abu Ismail , will also be affected by the freeze . In addition to continuing daily protests , the Muslim Brotherhood called for more protests after Friday prayers on 19 July . The protests were held in Cairo and Alexandria with two formations of fighter jets flying over both cities after noon prayers ended and some military helicopters flew low over roof tops in Cairo . Amongst the tens of thousands of protesters present , they chanted " Islamic , Islamic " calling for an Islamic state . The protests again turned violent and fatal in Cairo and Qalyoub on 22 July . Morsi ' s family also held a press conference in Cairo in which his children accused the military of kidnapping him , as well as announcing local and international legal measures they had initiated against General Abdul Fatah al - Sisi . In mid - August , the violence against Islamists by the army escalated further , with thousands killed , and the government declaring a month - long nighttime curfew . Following the mid - August incidents and the imposition of a state of emergency , security forces targeted the Brotherhood and its allies with a wave of arrests of leaders and senior members . August 2013 Egyptian raids . On 14 August 2013 , Egyptian security forces raided two camps of protesters in Cairo : one at al - Nahda Square and a larger one at Rabaa al - Adawiya Mosque . The two sites had been occupied by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi , who was removed from office by the military after mass street protests against him . The camps were raided after initiatives to end the six week sit - ins failed and as a result of the raids the camps were cleared out within hours . The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as the most serious incident of mass unlawful killings in modern Egyptian history . According to the Egyptian Health Ministry , 638 people were killed on 14 August , of which 595 were civilians and 43 police officers , with at least 3 , 994 injured . However , the Muslim brotherhood and National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy ( NCSL ) put the number of deaths from the Rabaa al - Adawiya Mosque sit - in alone at some 2 , 600 . Violent retaliation followed in several cities across the country . The interim government declared a month - long state of emergency in response and curfews were instituted in many areas . The total casualty count made 14 August the deadliest day since the 2011 Egyptian revolution which toppled Morsi ' s predecessor Hosni Mubarak . The clashes between the police and some armed protestors were widely denounced by world leaders , with the exception of Gulf Arab states : the U . A . E . , Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , and potential GCC member Jordan . Violence against Coptic Christians . Since Morsi ' s removal , Egypt ' s Christian minority , a reported 10 % of the population , have been the target of backlash by Morsi supporters . On July 5 , 2013 — two days after Morsi was ousted — mobs rampaged through the Christian village of Nagaa Hassan , burning dozens of homes , ransacking stores and stabbing to death at least four people . This included , anti - Morsi Christian activist Emile Naseem , who was hacked and beaten to death . Witnesses reported seeing " a mob of several hundred men wearing the hallmark long beards of ultraconservative Muslim Salafis as well as more extreme movements . " Dozens of Christian families sought protection in the local Church of St . John The Baptist . Morsi supporters also attacked Christian homes and shops in Dalaga , a village where Christians constitute 35 percent of the population . In Port Said ' s al - Manakh , masked gunmen opened fire at the Mar Mina Church . Since 30 June , mobs carried out attacks on Christians in six out of Egypt ' s twenty - seven provinces . Churches across Egypt have cancelled their evening Mass and social activities . Other incidents include Coptic Christian priest Mina Abboud Sharobeen being killed in an outdoor market . Other incidents . The day after the coup , Islamist gunmen staged multiple attacks on security forces in the Sinai and Suez . One soldier was killed and two others were wounded at a police station near the local headquarters of military intelligence in Rafah as it was attacked by rocket fire . Attackers also fired rocket - propelled grenades at army checkpoints guarding El Arish airport . A protest by hundreds of people occurred in Al - Arish the day after the ouster with calls to form a war council to combat the army . Ten areas in north Sinai were witness to clashes , including the Central Security Force camp and a number of checkpoints along the ring road . The airport was also closed after being targeted by unidentified armed men . In late July 2013 the Egyptian military reportedly launched " Operation Desert Storm " in an effort to quash the militants . Syrian state - television carried live coverage of the anti - Morsi protests . It also said of the statement that " Syria ' s people and leadership and army express their deep appreciation for the national , populist movement in Egypt which has yielded a great achievement . " International reactions . Post - ouster . The United States media pointed out that Obama did not call the removal of Morsi a coup . If Obama accepts that a coup had taken place , then U . S . law requires him to cut off military and economic aid to Egypt such as previous incidents in Mauritania , Mali , Madagascar and Pakistan . The U . S . funds 20 % of Egypt ' s military costs ( US $ 1 . 3 billion ) and gives another US $ 250 million in economic aid . " Al Jazeera " noted that the refusal to term the events as a coup were tied with the U . S . stance in stopping military aid to countries that have perpetrated a coup . The media noted that the U . K . did not condemn the removal of Morsi , nor call for him to be restored to power . Some media reports refer to the events as another " revolution " and there has been debate as to whether events are best named as being a coup or not . Egyptian - American s , particularly in the Arab - dominated areas of Michigan , had mixed views of the event with some wary of the Muslim Brotherhood , but were also wary of usurping democratic rights following a 30 - year " dictatorship . " Amnesty International has called on foreign governments to stop supplying further arms to the country .