Operation Martyr's Right
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| Part of the Sinai insurgency | |||||
 Map of the Sinai Peninsula. |
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 Sedki Sobhi
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Security forces: 10 soldiers killed 2 tanks destroyed 3 humvees destroyed |
 535 militants killed |
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Operation Martyr's Right is an ongoing military operation conducted by the Egyptian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Egyptian National Police officers, aimed at rooting out and killing jihadist militants.
The operation was officially launched on 7 September 2015. It is considered to be the largest military action in the Sinai Peninsula in months. The operation targets sites in Rafah, Arish and Sheikh Zuweid, all towns in northern area of the peninsula.
A part of the larger background of an international campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, over two hundred militants tied to the terrorist group have been reported dead.
According to The Economist, despite the heavy toll on the militants, their ranks appeared only to be growing, as a result of the harsh methods (such as collective punishment) used against the local populations by the Egyptian security forces.
According to the official armed forces spokesman, the operation has been launched based on an estimation of the situation and fresh information about many hideouts and targets. The operation came days after the Sinai Province militant group released a video documenting its attacks on the Egyptian military in Sinai, including footage of a wire-guided missile strike that destroyed a naval vessel.
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