Egypt's army kills 7, arrests 67 'militants' in North Sinai
Egypt's military has been combatting a decade-long jihadist insurgency in
Sinai, with attacks increasing over the past year
Ahram Online, Saturday 22 Nov 2014
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/116167/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-army-kills-,-arrests--militants-in-North-Si.aspx

Egypt's army killed seven and arrested 67 alleged militants in restive North
Sinai governorate on Thursday and Friday, the armed forces spokesman
announced Saturday on his official Facebook page.

The alleged militants died in crossfire while attempting to attack security
forces.

The army also destroyed 22 vehicles and 146 motorcycles without license
plates, which authorities say are used in waging militant attacks.

According to the statement, the army also destroyed 112 militant hideouts.

Egypt's military has been combatting a decade-long jihadist insurgency in
Sinai, with attacks increasing over the past year. Hundreds of soldiers and
police have been killed, while the army says it has killed and arrested
hundreds of jihadists. Civilians have also been caught in the violence.

In October, Egypt announced a three-month state of emergency in the
governorate and a curfew from 5pm to 7am.

Earlier in November, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, Egypt's deadliest militant group
operating in Sinai, swore allegiance to the jihadist Islamic State, which
has seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq in recent months.

Authorities began demolishing houses and clearing residents along the
Egyptian border with Gaza, to set a buffer zone in order to better fight the
militant insurgency following a deadly attack by militants that killed 30
soldiers on 24 October.