In 1916 a Senussi contingent commanded by Ramadan al-Shtaiwi invaded Tripolitania and routed a Bedouin group led by Sayed Safi al-Din at Bani Walid, but Sayed Idris re-called him and accepted the notion of a western limit of Senussi power.

Over the following two centuries, there was a significant migration of Bedouin tribal groups from the Arabian Peninsula into Palestine.

Egypt has also been reported to have deployed Anti-Air Missiles on the Israeli Border, a move which clearly targets Israel, as the Bedouin groups in the Sinai have no aircraft.

In spite of the risks and abusive treatment by smugglers, smuggler networks run by Bedouin groups in the Sinai desert have transported growing numbers of Sudanese and other African asylum seekers across to Israel.

Another theory sees the Solubba as a former Bedouin group that lost their herds and fell in the eyes of other Bedouin.

Unlike other nomadic Huteimi and Bedouin groups, the Solluba did not engage in plundering and were in turn viewed as neutrals and often spared when raids took place.

Their culture is very similar to other Bedouin groups, but they preserved some unique features.

The police said today that the grenade was thrown by 22-year-old Samir Safsoui, whom they described as the leader of the Bedouin group.

The traditional people of the area are Bedouins whom culture is very similar to other Bedouin groups.