Egypt kills 18 militants in foiled Sinai attack, army says
Two Egyptian military personnel died and four were wounded in an operation in the Sinai Peninsula July 21.
Egyptian security forces killed 18 suspected militants in aerial and ground operations in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, thwarting what the army described as a terrorist attack.
Two military personnel died and four others were wounded when militants attacked an army post in the northern Sinai’s Bir al-Abed, a military spokesman said. In addition to killing 18 suspects, security forces destroyed seven vehicles that were used in the attack or carried explosives.
