Egypt army says it killed 100 militants, lost 17 personnel in fight against
IS Wednesday
Egypt army issues 1st statement on death toll on Wednesday's battles against
IS group
Ahram Online , Wednesday 1 Jul 2015
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/134302/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-army-says-it-killed--militants,-lost--person.aspx

The General Command of the Armed Forces has issued its first official
statement on Wednesday’s battles against Islamist militants who attacked
army posts earlier in the day.

The statement said that the army killed more than 100 militants during its
counter-attacks in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities.

It also highlighted that 17 army personnel including four officers were
killed during the fighting and 13 others were injured.

The army also said that it has destroyed 20 vehicles used by the Islamist
militants to launch their attack.

According to the statement, a “terrorist group” launched simultaneous
attacks at 6:55 am Wednesday on a number of armed forces checkpoints in
Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah using car bombs and various weaponry.

The armed forces said it managed to “thwart all attempts by the terrorists
to achieve their goals."

“Egypt’s great people, your armed forces are leading a fierce war against
terrorism without leniency, and we assure our great people that we have the
will and insistence to extract the roots of this black terrorism," the
statement read.