[PUBLISH.TWITTER] An officer, a non-commissioned officer, and eight soldiers were killed or injured when an IED detonated under their armoured vehicle in southern Bir El-Abed city in North Sinai governorate, according to a military statement.
This is the first such attack since February, when the armed forces thwarted a terrorist attack on a security checkpoint in North Sinai governorate, killing ten Death Eaters participating in the attack.
The military has been carrying out Operation Sinai 2018, a counter-terrorism campaign, since February 2018. The campaign involves land, naval and air forces, as well as the police and border guards. |