source: Facebook; New Arab
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Military Forces of Egypt (2014-)
location: Rafah
notes: On 3 March 2020, Egyptian Military Forces and Islamic State militants engaged in armed clashes when Egyptian soldiers responded to an Islamic State attack on a security checkpoint in Rafah (Rafah, North Sinai). Four Islamic State militants and an Egyptian officer were killed in the clashes, while three Egyptian soldiers and an unknown number of Islamic State militants were also injured.