Egypt says it destroyed Gaza tunnels, killed 3 terrorists

3 July 2018, 8:41 pm

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The Egyptian army says its forces killed three terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula today and destroyed tunnels at Rafah on the Gaza border as part of a vast campaign against jihadists.

Operations carried out in recent days resulted in “the elimination of three takfiris,” the army says, referring to Sunni Muslim radicals.

They also led to the “destruction of a number of tunnels in the city of Rafah in northern Sinai,” it says in a statement.

“A conscript was wounded in clashes with terrorists” and “two civilians died as a result of an explosion from a device targeting forces conducting raids,” it adds.

— with AFP