Military operation ‘Retribution for the martyr’ in North Sinai: A timeline

Amira El-Fekki
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The army launched operation “Retribution for the martyr” in North Sinai on 7 September.

According to daily military accounts, security raids resulted in the killing of hundreds of “terrorist elements”, as well as engagement in some clashes, which left a few security personnel dead.

In total, six security forces were killed and 11 were injured, as announced by the official Facebook page of military spokesperson Mohamed Samir.

On the seventh day of the operation, the army said 80 arrested suspects were released after it was proven they had not been involved in terrorism activities.

 

Day

 

Killed Arrested
7 September

 

29  
8 September

 

27 154
9 September

 

30 41
10 September

 

48  
11 September

 

98 23
12 September

 

64 22
13 September

 

53 52
Total 349 292

 

 

 

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