Mon 09 May 2022:
The Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) has claimed responsibility for the attack in the c Peninsula that resulted in the death of 11 Egyptian military personnel, media report.
An Egyptian army spokesman said that a group of terrorists attacked a water pump east of Suez Canal on Saturday.
The Washington Post reported that an IS affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday.
According to the Egyptian military, an Egyptian army officer and 10 soldiers died repelling the attack.
The US State Department condemned the terrorist attack in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday.
ندين في كتلة العودة الهجوم الإرهابي البربري الذي استهدف نقطة التأمين في سيناء مِصر، والذي أودى بحياة أكثر من ١٠ شهداء وإصابة جرحى آخرين.
أحرّ التعازي لمصر الشقيقة، الخلود والرحمة للشهداء ، الشفاء للجرحى، الصبر وللسلوان لذويهم جميعًا.#العودة pic.twitter.com/V4mlqfGdUo
— العودة | Awdeh (@Alaawdehju) May 8, 2022
Two northern Sinai residents said the attack took place in the town of Qantara in the province of Ismailia, which stretches eastwards from the Suez canal.
The militants ambushed troops guarding the pumping facility, before fleeing to the desert in northern Sinai, according to the residents who spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety.
Last week, suspected militants blew up a natural gas pipeline in the northern Sinai town of Bir al-Abd, causing a fire but no casualties.
Egypt is battling an Islamic State-led insurgency in Sinai that intensified after the military overthrew an elected president
Mohamed Morsi, in 2013. The militants have carried out scores of attacks, mainly targeting security forces and Christians.
The pace of militant attacks in Sinai’s main theatre of operations and elsewhere has slowed to a trickle since February 2018, when the military launched a big operation in Sinai as well as parts of the Nile delta and deserts along the country’s western border with Libya.
The fight against militants in Sinai has largely been hidden from the public, with journalists, non-residents and outside observers barred from the area. The conflict has also been kept at a distance from tourist resorts at the southern end of the peninsula.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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