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On May 18, ISIS cells in the Sinai Peninsula shelled a post of the Egyptian military near the al-Ajra checkpoint, to the east of the city of al-Arish, with mortars.
The terrorist group’s news agency, Amaq, shared photos of the attack, in which a total of five mortar shells were fired at the military post. The terrorists in Sinai rarely use heavy weapons like mortars in their attacks.
According to Amaq claims, a number of Egyptian service members were wounded as a result of the mortar attack. No details were provided.
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ISIS cells have been waging an insurgency against Egyptian government forces in Sinai since November of 2014. In the last few years, the group’s activities in the peninsula saw a slow decline.
Some of the terrorists’ weapons were captured from government forces and tribesmen. However, most of the weapons were smuggled from war-torn Libya, or even from the neighboring Gaza Strip. Government forces succeeded in limiting smuggling operations in Sinai in the last few years.
