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confessed to the attacks a group called Sinai province which recognizes the sovereignty of the Islamic State (IS).

The fighting wounded many fighters [the exact number is not given - Ed.] and 13 soldiers. According to medical sources, the victims are also among civilians.

Egyptian army spokesman Gen. Mohammed Samir reported early Wednesday afternoon that the still ongoing struggle between the armed forces and the militants. F-16 fighter jets Egyptian army shelled militant positions in Sheikh Zuweid in the Sinai – AFP said.

Massive attack on the peninsula

grouping Sinai Province invited it said in a statement quoted by Reuters that attacked more than 15 buildings and carried out three suicide bombings. Reuters stipulated that for the time being can not verify the authenticity of the message.

According to the Egyptian army militants attacked five checkpoints. The soldiers destroyed three vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft guns. Sources in the security forces transferred the militants surrounded the police station in Sheikh Zuweid and mined the area around that officials could not get out. Also mined the road between Sheikh Zuweid a military camp to thwart sending meals.

grouping Sinai Province dependent on the Islamic State

A coordinated series of attacks is one of the most recently in Sinai – notes Reuters. One of the strongest groups operating there is the Province of Sinai, until recently, calling itself the Ansar Bayt al-Makdis (Partisans of Jerusalem). Grouping changed its name to Sinai Province, to emphasize that the peninsula – next to areas of Syria and Iraq – is part created by the IS caliphate.

The frequency of attacks on army and police in the Sinai Peninsula has increased dramatically since the removal from power by army in July 2013. Mohammed Mursi, derived from the Muslim Brotherhood president of Egypt. Islamist militants argue that the attacks in retaliation for the bloody repression of the authorities and the army after the overthrow of Mursi

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