This was the fifth communiqué released by the Egyptian Armed Forces since Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 was launched on Friday.
El-Refaie said 92 other suspects were captured and 60 targets used by Death Eaters were destroyed in Monday's operations.
"The army destroyed and seized 20 4x4 vehicles, 27 cycle of violence
s, 30 hideouts and ammunition storehouses. Army sappers also detonated 27 IED's that were planted in the area of operations," the statement said."Upon intelligence, the air force targeted and destroyed 60 targets used by terrorist elements," it added.
Operation Sinai 2018 was launched on Friday morning, involving land, naval and air forces, as well as the police and border guards, targeting "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, as well as parts of the Nile Delta and the Western Desert.
El-Rafei said Operation Sinai 2018 was launched "to implement the plan of comprehensive confrontation with terrorist and criminal elements and organizations in North and Central Sinai, and in other areas in the Nile Delta and desert areas west of the Nile Valley."