Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with ISIL Takfiris in the Sinai Peninsula, the military said on Thursday.
Fifteen insurgents were also killed in the fighting, the military said in a statement, without saying when the incidents took place.
The military said the clashes broke out when soldiers raided “an extremely dangerous” Takfiri hideout.
The ISIL terrorist group had said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that it blew up two army vehicles during clashes south of the Sinai city of El-Arish.
The insurgents have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen since the army overthrew Muslim Brotherhood’s president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and cracked down on his supporters.
Source: AFP
