The raid, which started midnight today, has succeeded in destroying some terrorist hideouts in Sinai desert dominated by the militant group, Ansar Biet el-Maqdis, official said.
Militants have launched many violent attacks against police and army personnel in Sinai since January 2011 revolution that toppled the ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
Many policemen and soldiers have been killed in the attacks, which have increased after the ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi last year.
In July, militants attacked a military checkpoint in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid governorate in southern Egypt, killing 21 Egyptian border guards and injured four others.
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