“11 military personnel, including an officer of the Egipta, died as a result of an armed attack on the Sinai Peninsula,” said Garib Abdel Hafeza, spokeswoman for the Armed Forces of Egypt.
“A group of extremists attacked a water station east of the Suez Canal. The military personnel appointed there entered into battle and repelled an attack with them, which died an officer and 10 soldiers. Five more were injured,” TASS quoted him quoted.
According to the representative of the department, the prosecution of militants who are surrounded in one of the areas of Sinai is currently underway. According to Al Arabiya, after this sortie, which has become the largest in recent years in the country, security measures along the Suez Canal and in the surrounding areas have been significantly strengthened.