Three Egyptian soldiers were killed in a rocket attack on
a checkpoint by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, the
military said in a statement.
The official MENA news agency had earlier
reported five soldiers killed, quoting security officials.
The discrepancy could not immediately be
explained as journalists have limited access to the restive peninsula where
jihadists are waging a deadly insurgency.
The military said it killed 20 militants on
Saturday in an assault on a jihadist hide-out, posting video of air strikes on
a building and two trucks on its spokesman’s Facebook page.
Militants loyal to the Islamic State group
have killed hundreds of soldiers and policemen in attacks since the military
overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013, which unleashed a deadly
crackdown on his Islamists supporters.
On Thursday, the militants claimed
responsibility for a missile attack on a navy vessel off North Sinai.
The army said no navy men were killed in the
attack.
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