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Hamza Adel Al-Zamili, a leader of the Islamic State – Sinai Province and mastermind of the 2017 Sinai mosque attack, is killed by Egyptian soldiers during an operation. Nine other militants are also killed and three arrested.
2022-08-16

Two roadside bombings near Sheikh Zuweid in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, kill three Egyptian Army troops and wound 10 others. Separately, Egyptian military raids on Sheikh Zuweid kill four Islamist militants.
2020-12-17

ISIL claims responsibility via its Amaq News Agency for a bombing that killed and wounded several Egyptian Army personnel near the city of Bir al-Abd in North Sinai Governorate.
2020-05-1

Militants attacked an army checkpoint in Sinai Peninsula killing and injuring 15. It is believed that 11 soldiers were killed but that has not been confirmed. Seven militants also died in the attack.
2019-02-16

Masked militants attack an Egyptian Army checkpoint in a village south of Rafah, North Sinai Governorate, killing at least 23 soldiers, including a high-ranking special forces colonel. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria later claims responsibility. The attack included VBIED and signal jamming.
2017-07-7

Eight Egyptian Army soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint in northern Sinai.
2016-11-24

At least seven people are killed, including five Egyptian Army soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman in two separate blasts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. ISIL's Sinai branch claimed responsibility for the attacks on several websites.
2016-04-8

Eleven civilians and two Egyptian Army soldiers have been killed in three attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula.
2015-04-8

About 15 Egyptian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed by a combination of guns and car bombs.
2015-04-3

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claims responsibility for widespread attacks on Egyptian army and police targets throughout the Sinai Peninsula killing at least 25 people.
2015-01-29