Egypt\u2019s security forces curbed a suicide bombing attack on Thursday which targeted an army stationing point inside the North Sinai city, Al-Arish, <\/p>\n
according to local media reports.
\nThe attacks were planned to be executed by two militants belonging to the Islamic State-affiliated (IS) Sinai Province, as well as another two suicide bombers who were aiming to destroy an army checkpoint used by army battalion 101 in Al-Arish, a North Sinai-based journalist who preferred to remain anonymous told Egypt Independent on Friday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sinai Province released a statement in which it claimed that the aforementioned attack has achieved a great success against the targeted checkpoint, saying that the perpetrators are two Egyptians and Palestinians.<\/p>\n
However, the forces assigned to protect the checkpoint were able to kill all the perpetrators before the militants had reached their target. A number of graphic photos showing rrcorpses and body remnants of the militants circulated widely on social media.<\/p>\n
In response to the increasing terrorist threat in North Sinai, the \u2018Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018\u2019 was launched on February 9 by different branches of the army, including the Second and Third Field Armies located in Sinai.<\/p>\n
An army source who preferred to remain anonymous told Egypt Independent on February 11 that \u201cthe number of forces participating in the \u2018Sinai 2018\u2032 reached 35,000 [army personnel] with the support of Egypt\u2019s Special Forces and police.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added that \u201cthe operation aims to eliminate the presence of the IS-affiliated Sinai Province. The widespread [distribution] of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the Sinai will leave no presence to a single militant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 2014, North Sinai has witnessed a growing number of terrorist attacks carried out by IS the Sinai Province, including various attacks against the army and the police.<\/p>\n
(Egypt Independent)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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