A truck transporting civilians was hit by a shell in the Tofaha area of Egypt’s North Sinai Peninsula Oct. 12, killing at least nine family members and wounding six, according to the Associated Press.
The deadliest terrorist attack in Egypt targeted the same town, Bir al-Abd, on Nov. 25, 2017. Islamic State militants stormed into Al-Rawda Mosque, killing 305 people and wounding 128 others.