Battles of Iqtiya, Qatiya, Genayen, and Merih

Battles of Iqtiya, Qatiya, Genayen, and Merih
	Part of Sinai insurgency
Date	July 21, 2020 - October 12, 2020
Location	Rabaa, Iqtiya, Qatiya, Genayen, and Merih, Bir el-Abd, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Result	Egyptian victory Egyptian forces repel ISSP at Rabaa in July, and recapture the villages from ISSP in October;
Territorial; changes	Islamic State captures Iqtiya, Qaitiya, Merih, and Genayen until October
Belligerents
Egypt	Islamic State - Sinai Province
Casualties and losses
2+ killed, 18+ injured (Rabaa only, per Egypt); 40 killed, 60 injured (Rabaa only, per ISSP)	18+ killed (Rabaa only, per Egypt)
	14+ civilians killed, several injured

On July 21, 2020, jihadists from Islamic State – Sinai Province (ISSP) attacked an Egyptian military camp in the village of Rabaa, on the outskirts of Bir al-Abd, Sinai Peninsula. The attack was in preparation for a larger assault on an Egyptian security complex in the town, but Egyptian forces repelled the attack. ISSP militants then fled and captured four towns near Bir el-Abd, which they occupied until October. Booby-trapped buildings in the towns then killed fourteen civilians. The attack was the most significant attack by ISSP against Egyptian forces in several years.^[1]

^ "An ISIS large-scale attack in the northern Sinai Peninsula demonstrates well the improvement in its operational capabilities and the weakness of the Egyptian security forces". Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. August 2, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[:0-1] "An ISIS large-scale attack in the northern Sinai Peninsula demonstrates well the improvement in its operational capabilities and the weakness of the Egyptian security forces". Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. August 2, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

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