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| At least 23 Egyptian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in an attack by jihadist militants in the northern Sinai peninsula, security sources say. | At least 23 Egyptian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in an attack by jihadist militants in the northern Sinai peninsula, security sources say. |
| A suicide car bomber reportedly targeted a checkpoint outside Rafah, a border town near the Gaza Strip, before dozens of gunmen opened fire. | A suicide car bomber reportedly targeted a checkpoint outside Rafah, a border town near the Gaza Strip, before dozens of gunmen opened fire. |
| The military said 40 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes. | The military said 40 assailants were killed in the ensuing clashes. |
| So-called Islamic State claimed the attack. The group is leading an insurgency in the region. | |
| Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed by militants affiliated to the jihadist group since 2013, when the military overthrow President Mohammed Morsi. | Hundreds of soldiers and police have been killed by militants affiliated to the jihadist group since 2013, when the military overthrow President Mohammed Morsi. |
| IS has also killed dozens of people in attacks targeting Egypt's Coptic Christian minority elsewhere in the country, and claimed it planted the bomb that brought down a plane carrying tourists in Sinai in 2015, killing 224 people on board. | IS has also killed dozens of people in attacks targeting Egypt's Coptic Christian minority elsewhere in the country, and claimed it planted the bomb that brought down a plane carrying tourists in Sinai in 2015, killing 224 people on board. |
| Security officials told the Associated Press that Friday's attack targeted a military compound in al-Barth, south-west of Rafah, where about 60 soldiers were based. | Security officials told the Associated Press that Friday's attack targeted a military compound in al-Barth, south-west of Rafah, where about 60 soldiers were based. |
| First, a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a nearby checkpoint, the officials said. Then dozens of militants then arrived in 4x4 vehicles and fired machine-guns at the soldiers for about 30 minutes before fleeing the scene, the officials added. | First, a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a nearby checkpoint, the officials said. Then dozens of militants then arrived in 4x4 vehicles and fired machine-guns at the soldiers for about 30 minutes before fleeing the scene, the officials added. |
| The military said in a statement that a total of 26 soldiers were killed or injured in the attack, but did not provide a breakdown of the figure. It also posted photographs of five alleged assailants dressed in uniforms. | The military said in a statement that a total of 26 soldiers were killed or injured in the attack, but did not provide a breakdown of the figure. It also posted photographs of five alleged assailants dressed in uniforms. |
| In a separate incident on Friday, two gunmen shot dead a senior officer from the police's National Security service as he left his home in the town of al-Jabal al-Safar in the north of the capital Cairo, according to the interior ministry. | In a separate incident on Friday, two gunmen shot dead a senior officer from the police's National Security service as he left his home in the town of al-Jabal al-Safar in the north of the capital Cairo, according to the interior ministry. |