At least 17 militants were killed and 10 others injured during military raids in the Egypt's restive North Sinai during the past 24 hours.
Militants killed in the raid belonged to terror group Ansar Beit el-Maqdes. The military also said they destroyed hideouts of the terrorists during the raid.
North Sinai has been the scene of many violent attacks by Islamist militants since the January 2011 revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule in Egypt.
The attacks targeting police and military increased after Egypt's first elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was deposed by the army last year.
Over 500 policemen and soldiers have been killed in the attacks.
Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency in parts of North Sinai and a curfew was imposed following a deadly attack that killed 31 soldiers in October.
The army has launched frequent security campaigns in the area, arresting suspects and demolishing houses that belong to terrorists, including facilitating tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip.
Egypt has declared a three-month state of emergency and a curfew in different parts of Sinai following a terror attack that left at least 31 Egyptian soldiers killed in October.
The military has launched security campaigns in the area, arrested suspects and demolished houses that belong to terrorists, including those facilitating tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip.
