At least 11 people, including an Egyptian army officer, have been killed in an armed attack in the Sinai Valley. An army spokesman said five more people had been injured in a militant attack on security forces at a water-lifting station east of the Suez Canal.
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The army spokesman said in a statement on Saturday that the operation was being carried out in the Sinai Valley to deter terrorists. Terrorists are being chased and surrounded in an isolated area of Sinai.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expressed his condolences over the deaths of his country’s army members. In a post on social media Facebook, he announced that he would continue his campaign to eradicate the terrorists.
The Egyptian military did not specify the exact location of the attack. Two residents of northern Sinai said the attack took place in the town of Kantara in Ismailia province, which extends east of the Suez Canal.
