Militant clashes kill nine Egyptian soldiers in Sinai
Egypt's military said nine soldiers were killed in counterterror operations.
Nine Egyptian soldiers were killed in clashes with Islamist militants in Sinai, Egypt’s military announced late on Thursday.
A roadside bomb reportedly struck an armored vehicle in the northern Sinai peninsula and killed at least seven Egyptian soldiers, including an officer, and wounded six others.
The Islamic State’s Sinai branch claimed responsibility for the attack near New Rafah, on the Gaza border. The wounded were taken to a military hospital in the North Sinai town of El Arish, Agence France-Presse cited security and medical sources as saying.
Egypt’s armed forces spokesperson, Lt. Col. Gharib Abdel Hafez Gharib, announced yesterday that a total of nine soldiers had been killed in Sinai clashes. Garib’s statement did not specify which attacks. Gharib also announced the killing of 13 terrorists in central and north Sinai in counterterrorism operations.
