Egypt's President Sisi honors injured personnel from Armed forces, Police
The President honored several families of martyrs and injured members of the Armed Forces and Police, and then posed for a picture with martyrs' children, sharing their joy on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi performed the prayer Eid al-Fitr (the Feast of Breaking the Fast) at Field Marshal Tantawi Mosque in Cairo.
Egyptians celebrated the first day of Eid al-Fitr, Monday, after Dar al-Ifta announced that the Shawwal crescent moon wasn't sighted on March 29.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi extended greetings to Egyptian people as well as the Arab and Muslim nations on Eid Al-Fitr in a social media post on Sunday.
'I extend my heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the great Egyptian people and to the Arab and Islamic nations,' the president said.
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