{{Egypt\u2019s military says it is continuing an operation against armed groups in the Sinai believed to have been plotting attacks on security forces and other targets.}}<\/p>\n
Security sources told media on Sunday that at least seven people were killed overnight, and six arrested in a raid.<\/p>\n
The raid follows an airstrike by the Egyptian military on Friday, which saw at least four people killed.<\/p>\n
The assault on Saturday happened when Apache helicopters hit areas south of Sheikh Zuwaid in north Sinai, according to Egyptian state media. <\/p>\n
A witness told local media that armed fighters responded by firing towards the helicopters.<\/p>\n
The armed group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, had earlier said Israeli drones were behind the attack a day earlier that killed four of their fighters. It accused the Egyptian army of co-ordinating the attack with the Israelis.<\/p>\n
Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, says that his country will not let ‘rumors and speculation’ harm the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.<\/p>\n
A funeral was held for the fighters on Saturday, with the bodies of the four driven through several border towns in Sinai.<\/p>\n
Dozens of men on pick-up trucks flying their black flag paraded through the towns, in an act of defiance to the army, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
“Our heroes became martyrs during their jihadi duties against the Jews in a rocket attack on occupied lands,” Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said on its website.<\/p>\n
Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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