source: New Arab; Facebook
actor1: Islamic State (Egypt)
actor2: Civilians (Egypt)
location: Al-Hosna
notes: On or before 24 April 2020, Islamic State militants kidnapped between 6 and 16 civilians from the Tarabin tribe from Al-Hosna (Bir Al-Abd, North Sinai). Some sources reported that members of the Tarabin tribe had killed a number of Islamic State militants after they first tried to kidnap one of their members, which precipitated further kidnappings.