Comprehensive Operation
Military engineers discovered and detonated 385 explosive devices that were planted to target the Armed Forces.
Egyptian army troops in cooperation with police forces managed to eliminate a number of 59 takfiri elements, including 15 "highly dangerous" terrorists.
The elements planned to carry out a series of terrorist attacks on critical targets including prominent figures, the Interior Ministry said.
The recent efforts announced on Thursday, Nov.1, come as part of a military offensive dubbed "Comprehensive Operation – Sinai 2018".
Twelve terrorist were killed during the raids carried out by the Armed Forces in Northern Sinai.
Around 6750 students of North Sinai’s Arish University returned to their lecture halls on Saturday after a five month hiatus due to the major counter-terrorism campaign taking place in the area.
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