October 2014 Sinai attacks | |||||||
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Part of the Sinai insurgency | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Ansar Bait al-Maqdis) | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Wilayah Sinai (Ansar Bait al-Maqdis) | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
33 soldiers killed 1 M60 destroyed 1 M113 destroyed | Unknown |
On 24 October 2014, ISIL militants launched two attacks on Egyptian army positions in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 33 security personnel. This was one of the deadliest assaults on the Egyptian military in decades.[3]
The first attack in Sheikh Zuweid killed at least 30 soldiers, while the second one (which took place three hours later near Al-Arish) killed three soldiers.[4] The incidents prompted Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to call for a security meeting, during which a three-months state of emergency and curfew were announced.[5] In addition, the Rafah border crossing with Gaza was closed, a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt will be initiated, a Hamas delegation was refused entry into Egypt, and peace talks between Israel and Gaza were postponed.[6][7]
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