Cairo---At least five Egyptian soldiers were killed on Thursday after militants attacked two checkpoints in North Sinai where the army is battling the local branch of the Islamic State group, police said.
Gunmen opened fire on soldiers with automatic rifles and rockets at checkpoints in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, the Egyptian crossing point to the Palestinian Gaza Strip, police officials told AFP.
At least five soldiers were killed and 11 people injured, the officials said.
AFP
