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| Deadly attacks hit Egypt's Sinai peninsula | Deadly attacks hit Egypt's Sinai peninsula |
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| At least 10 soldiers have been killed and injured in a wave of attacks by suspected jihadist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the military says. | |
| More than 70 "terrorists" launched assaults on five different checkpoints near Sheikh Zuweid, a statement said. | |
| Twenty-three attackers were killed and three pick-up trucks armed with anti-aircraft guns were destroyed, it added. | |
| Initial reports said as many as 30 soldiers were killed, but they could not be independently verified. | |
| The attacks come two days after the assassination of Egypt's public prosecutor in the capital, Cairo. | The attacks come two days after the assassination of Egypt's public prosecutor in the capital, Cairo. |
| In a speech at the funeral of Hisham Barakat on Tuesday, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi promised to enact legal reforms to ensure death sentences could be enforced more swiftly for those convicted of acts of terrorism. | |
| At least 600 police officers and armed forces personnel have been killed in the past two years in attacks claimed by jihadist militant groups based in Sinai. | |
| Analysts said the car bomb attack that killed Mr Barakat bore the hallmarks of a group that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) in November and changed its name from "Ansar Beit al-Maqdis" (Champions of Jerusalem) to "Sinai Province". |