Eleven Egyptian soldiers were killed this Saturday, May 7, in the Suez Canal region, near Sinai. The soldiers were trying to thwart a terrorist attack in this region plagued by jihadist attacks.
The Egyptian army has announced that it has recorded one of the highest tolls in years with the death of eleven soldiers who were killed and five others injured during a clash with jihadist elements in the Canal region of Suez. A statement from the Egyptian army says soldiers continue to pursue and surround the terrorists, adding that the fighting has moved to an isolated area of the country. Sinai.
The army and the police jointly carry out raids in this part of the country through large-scale anti-terrorist operations. The Sinai Peninsula is a haven for radical cells, many of whom have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist group. On August 13, the Egyptian armed forces announced that at least 13 terrorists had been neutralized in the Sinai, during a security operation carried out in eastern Egypt.
“As part of the efforts of the armed forces in the fight against terrorism in the North and Center of Sinai, 13 Takfirist elements have been eliminated”, announced the spokesman for the general staff. Only, “nine Egyptian soldiers were also killed or injured,” he added during the operation. Proof that the fighting against terrorists is very violent in this part of this North African country, where the attacks are concentrated on the oil and gas pipelines that supply Israel and Jordan.
During this assault, automatic rifles, ammunition, motorcycles, mobile phones, binoculars and large sums of money in different currencies were seized by the Egyptian armed forces.