source: New Arab; Facebook
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
location: Sheikh Zuwayid
notes: On 25 February 2020, Islamic State militants planted an IED under a vehicle belonging to the Egyptian Military Forces and remotely detonated it west of Sheikh Zuweiyid (Shaykh Zuwayd, North Sinai). The explosion killed a Lieutenant Colonel, the second high-ranking Egyptian Military official to be killed this month. Another 3 soldiers were killed and 2 wounded.