Egypt strikes on Sinai militants
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Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
The troops found the militants in the settlement of al-Goura, about 15 km (10 miles) east of the frontier, as they searched for jihadists who killed 16 Egyptian border guards a week ago.
The latest clash is part of a security sweep that began on Wednesday (August 8) and is the biggest military operation in the region since Egypt's 1973 war with Israel.
No one has claimed responsibility for killing the border guards.
Egyptian troops killed as many as six Islamist militants after storming their hideout near the isolated border with Israel on Sunday, security sources and eyewitnesses said.
The troops found the militants in the settlement of al-Goura, about 15 km (10 miles) east of the frontier, as they searched for jihadists who killed 16 Egyptian border guards a week ago.
The latest clash is part of a security sweep that began on Wednesday (August 8) and is the biggest military operation in the region since Egypt's 1973 war with Israel.
No one has claimed responsibility for killing the border guards.