Egyptian air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eight militants and destroyed a weapons depot, the military and local residents said on Sunday.
The overnight strikes against ‘a terrorist group’ responsible for killing police and army troops in north Sinai left ‘25 people dead and injured’, army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Aly said.
He said a weapons and ammunition depot, ‘which was being used for terrorist acts against the armed forces and police, terrorising the innocent citizens of North Sinai’ was also destroyed.
A military source said 15 people were killed in the attack that saw Egyptian military helicopters target militants near the village of Touma, close to Sheikh Zuwayed. In Touma, witnesses confirmed eight people killed, with their funerals held on Sunday.
Militants based mainly in north Sinai near Israel’s border have escalated attacks on security forces and other targets since 3 July, when the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and installed a new government in Cairo.
The overnight strikes against ‘a terrorist group’ responsible for killing police and army troops in north Sinai left ‘25 people dead and injured’, army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Aly said.
He said a weapons and ammunition depot, ‘which was being used for terrorist acts against the armed forces and police, terrorising the innocent citizens of North Sinai’ was also destroyed.
A military source said 15 people were killed in the attack that saw Egyptian military helicopters target militants near the village of Touma, close to Sheikh Zuwayed. In Touma, witnesses confirmed eight people killed, with their funerals held on Sunday.
Militants based mainly in north Sinai near Israel’s border have escalated attacks on security forces and other targets since 3 July, when the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and installed a new government in Cairo.