source: Facebook; New Arab
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
location: Bir Al-Abd
notes: On 21 July 2020, Egyptian military forces and Islamic State militants engaged in armed clashes in Bir Al-Abd area (Bir Al-Abd, North Sinai) following an Islamic State attack on the Raba'a military camp. Two car bombs exploded while other gunmen spread out throughout the village. The government reported that the Egyptian military forces thwarted the attack, conducting a large-scale airstrike to counter the attacker and killed 18 Islamic State militants, while 2 Egyptian soldiers died and 4 others were injured. Islamic State media claimed that 40 people were killed and 60 others were injured. Following the attacks, IS established control over the 4 villages of Qatiya, Iqtiyah, Al Janayan, and Al Mareeh in Bir Al-Abd (Bir Al-Abd, North Sinai) and began a siege of a military checkpoint staffed by 7 soldiers from the Egyptian military forces south of the village of Qatiya cutting off supplies, water, and electricity to the checkpoint.