At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 33 others injured on Friday when terrorists attacked several Army checkpoints with car bombs in the restive North Sinai, triggering fierce clashes that left 40 militants dead.
The military said it killed the heavily-armed terrorists during clashes with
them in the North Sinai city of Rafah, bordering the Palestinian Gaza Strip ruled by the Hamas.
Security officials said ambulances rushed to the sites of the attacks south of the town of Rafah.