location: Al Arish
notes: The Egyptian military launched several airstrikes targeting militants in North Sinai in retaliation for an attack on Friday that killed 12 army personnel. A large number of militants were killed. The army statement on the airstrikes had no information about the number of militants killed. Al Bawaba News reported that the three-hour series of airstrikes are the largest, most wide-reaching counter-attack executed by the army in North Sinai since the beginning of the states war against 'terrorism'. The outlet reported that 140 militants were killed, Xinhua reported that at least 100 were killed.
target_text: location: Al Arish, fatalities: 100