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| Egypt's military kills 7 terrorists in a shootout in North Sinai | |
| 2019-02-17 | |
| [AlAhram] Egypt's military spokesperson Tamer El-Refai said that seven "Terrorist elements attacked one of the security checkpoints in North Sinai," he said in a statement. "The pursuit and elimination of the terrorist elements in the area where the incident took place is still ongoing." El-Refai said that one officer was killed and 14 others were maimed during the shootout. The clash took place on Saturday at 6am.
Egypt’s army launched an offensive a year ago dubbed "Sinai 2018" on the orders of President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, after a jihadist attack in North Sinai killed more than 300 people at a mosque. The army says that more than 550 suspected jihadists have been killed in the offensive ‐ which has also targeted gunnies elsewhere in Egypt ‐ at the cost of more than 30 soldiers. But no independent statistics are available and the North Sinai is largely cut off to media and foreigners. Islamic State claims North Sinai attack, says 20 Egyptian troops killed [Ynet] Islamic state has grabbed credit for an attack in North Sinai on Saturday which it said killed 20 Egyptian military troops, the group's AMAQ news agency said. The group gave no evidence for its claim. | |
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