Over 100 ISIL terrorists slain in Egypt counter-attacks: Official statement
Over 100 ISIL Takfiri terrorists have been slain by Egyptian military counter-attacks in Sinai Peninsula, an official statement says.
The militants were killed during clashes which broke out after they attacked army posts in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities, said a statement released by Egypt’s General Command of the Armed Forces late on Wednesday.
The army also destroyed 20 vehicles used by the militants in the attacks, the statement added.
The terrorists attacked multiple bases of the armed forces on Wednesday, but the Egyptian military was able to “thwart all attempts by the terrorists to achieve their goals," it noted.
“Egypt’s great people, your armed forces are leading a fierce war against terrorism without leniency, and we assure our great people that we have the will and insistence" to eradicate "this black terrorism," the statement read.
It also highlighted that 17 army personal were killed and 13 more injured during the operations.
The statement refrained from explaining the discrepancy with earlier reports that said over 50 Egyptian soldiers were killed while battling the terrorists.
“It's unprecedented, in the number of terrorists involved and the type of weapons they are using," AFP quoted a senior military official as saying.
Such attacks in the Sinai Peninsula are usually claimed by the Velayat Sinai terror group, previously known as the Ansar Bait al-Maqdis. Last November, the group pledged allegiance to the ISIL, which currently controls swaths of land in Iraq and Syria and other countries in the region.
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