On 12 February, 2014, ISIL released a video it of the group beheading Coptic Christians, all of which were Egyptians. Egypt, along with the Tobruk Government, launched airstrikes on 15 and 16 February, in Eastern Libya in response to the beheadings. Later on that year, on 19 July, at least 21 Egyptian troops were killed near the Libyan border by an Islamist group.[11]