On Friday morning, military spokesperson Tamer Al-Rifai said clashes between army forces and militants at several outposts in southern Rafah killed around 40 militants and destroyed six cars that were used in the attack. The assault started on Friday morning, with a suicide bomber storming into the military post and detonating. Sinai Province has declared responsibility for the deadly attack in an electronic statement, which was circulated online by its affiliates and supporting news outlets. The coordinated attack illustrates a technique often used by militants to attack stable outposts in the middle of the desert. The Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis group, now called Sinai Province, declared its affiliation to the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014 and has since then launched deadly attacks on army and police checkpoints.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 08, 2017 15:22 UTC