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March 11, 2019
Egypt’smilitary on Monday said that 46 militants and three soldiers
werekilled in shoot-outs in the Sinai where the country is battling
militants.
Thestatement added that 100 suspected criminals were arrested in the
operations,without giving a time-frame.
Itadded that 204 explosive devices and a number of hideouts containing
weapons,ammunitions and highly explosive materials were detected and
destroyed.
Theforces have destroyed 10 tunnels on the border with the Gaza Strip
andseized a number of RPGs and mortar shells, it said.
In2018, Egypt started a major security operation in Northern Sinai – a
hotbedof militants – and elsewhere in the country.
Egypthas seen a spate of attacks mainly against security forces since the
army’s2013 overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi